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The ILO has estimated that some 165 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are involved in child labour. Many of these children work long hours, often in dangerous conditions. More
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UNFPA Kenya is seeking corporate partnerships to advance Maternal & Newborn Health (MNH) in Kenya
In Kenya every 2 hours a woman dies while giving birth and every 20 minutes a mother loses her new-born child. Maternal Mortality in Kenya remains stubbornly high at 488 (100,000 live births (KDHS 2009) and the decrease of Maternal Mortality Ration has been stagnating over the last decennia. More... More
UNODC and Microsoft
UNODC and Microsoft – Tools and Resources for Anti-Corruption Knowledge (TRACK)
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has developed a Legal Library http://www.track.unodc.org to serve as an electronic repository of laws, regulations, administrative practices and cases related...
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Strengthening corporate integrity efforts
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): Strengthening corporate integrity and cooperation efforts
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Corruption is a crime with significant impact on governments and businesses around the world. Despite the potential negative impacts of corruption on companies’ bottom line...
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The 6 Ps: Public-Private Partnership for Probity in Public Procurement
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): The 6 Ps: Public-Private Partnership for Probity in Public Procurement
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Public procurement of goods and services is widely recognized as one of the areas most vulnerable to corruption. At the same time, this is also an area in...
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Making Cities Resilient-Campaign: "My city is getting ready!"
Cities and local governments need to get ready, reduce the risks and become resilient to disasters. For the next two years and beyond, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will campaign together with its partners for this to happen.
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign...
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Endorse The CEO Water Mandate
Water poses one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st Century. Water scarcity and pollution, among many other issues, threaten our ability to grow strong and stable economies, meet basic human needs, and protect healthy ecosystems (and the services they provide), while also posing... More
Join Caring for Climate
Caring for Climate is a voluntary and complementary action platform for UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change. It provides a framework for business leaders to advance practical solutions and help shape public policy as well as public... More
Business partnerships for addressing Sexual Violence against Girls
UNAIDS would like to hear from companies and business hubs interested in addressing Sexual Violence against Girls
UNAIDS is part of an initiative which longer-term goals include
• establishment of in-country violence prevention stations
• extension of support services including health care to...
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Millennium Villages
The Millennium Villages project offers a unique, holistic, innovative model for empowering rural communities to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. With the help of new advances in science and technology, local staff members work with villages to create and implement low cost, sustainable,... More
Business Call to Action
Launched in 2008, the Business Call to Action (BCtA) is a global membership network of companies, governments, and development organizations working to identify and promote business models that contribute to long-term commercial and development goals. By challenging companies to adapt business... More