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    Women’s Initiatives
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, United Nations, What's New, Women's Initiatives
    Posted Dec 31, 2020

    Women’s Initiatives

    As a leading interfaith organization founded by a woman, Juliet Hollister, the Temple of Understanding has long been interested in women’s full contributions to society as a pathway to peace.

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    Meet our 2020 summer interns!
    By ToU
    In Reports, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Aug 14, 2020

    Meet our 2020 summer interns!

    Meet our 2020 summer interns! We were thrilled to connect with interns from around the world this summer via Zoom! For the summer of 2020, we ran a virtual internship program due to COVID-19 and [...]

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    HLPF 2020: Ending Hunger and Achieving Food Security by Grove Harris
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In Ecological Justice, News, United Nations, What's New, Women's Initiatives
    Posted Jul 21, 2020

    HLPF 2020: Ending Hunger and Achieving Food Security by Grove Harris

    Ending Hunger and Achieving Food Security Intervention delivered Tuesday, July 7th 2020, 3-4 pm Greetings. My name is Grove Harris, of the Temple of Understanding, and I am speaking on behalf [...]

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    Celebrate World Environment Day June 5th
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Ecological Justice, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Jun 5, 2020

    Celebrate World Environment Day June 5th

    This year's theme is biodiversity. Watch videos from the experts from Columbia 2020.

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    UNwomen: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Apr 17, 2020

    UNwomen: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response

    We suggest reading this information provived by the UN Women on Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response: The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health issue. It is a profound shock to our [...]

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    HeForShe launches #HeForSheAtHome campaign
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Apr 16, 2020

    HeForShe launches #HeForSheAtHome campaign

    Our colleagues at UN Women have asked that we share this with you: As a consequence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people now find themselves  indoors. Gender inequalities, [...]

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    Urgent! All CSW Side Events on UN Premises and all NGO Parallel Events have been Cancelled
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Mar 4, 2020

    Urgent! All CSW Side Events on UN Premises and all NGO Parallel Events have been Cancelled

    In light of the current concerns regarding coronavirus disease (COVID-19), CSW64 will suspend after one procedural meeting on 9 March. There will be no general discussion. All CSW side events on [...]

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    Temple of Understanding Presents: Voices of Youth on How far We need to Go
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Mar 3, 2020

    Temple of Understanding Presents: Voices of Youth on How far We need to Go

    Join us! Hear from youth, born after the pivotal Beijing conference, on their feminist perspectives and activisms they assess the continuing need for equality and change. This conversation will [...]

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    Report on Side Event to the United Nations 58th Session of the Commisson for Social Development(CSocD)
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, Reports, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Mar 3, 2020

    Report on Side Event to the United Nations 58th Session of the Commisson for Social Development(CSocD)

    The priority theme for this year’s CSocD was “affordable housing and social protection systems for all to address homelessness” and this side event covered legal mechanisms and social [...]

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    Debt Crisis- the Larger Economic Picture of Homelessness
    By Andreia Dasilva
    In News, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Mar 3, 2020

    Debt Crisis- the Larger Economic Picture of Homelessness

    At the United Nations 58th Session of the Commission for Social Development, with a focus on homelessness, Grove Harris was able to present a critique of austerity measures and a set of healthier [...]

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