[RED DEMOCRATICA] Malala Yousafzai urges world leaders to get all children in school by 2015

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN report offers path forward for Africa trading Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   July 12, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Malala Yousafzai urges world leaders to get all children in school by 2015 Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai presented a petition to the United Nations today, calling for the UN and other world leaders to help all children to be in school by December 2015. "Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons," she said. Reuters (7/12), The Guardian (London) (7/12), The Huffington Post/The Blog (7/11), Devex.com (7/12) Share:      Above the Fold UN report offers path forward for Africa trading Millions of children go without education, UNESCO report says Maputo Protocol marks 10 years of promoting African women's rights Syrian rebel leader killed, upping tensions UN Radio   Quote of the Day @Half: Malala: We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. We realized the imprtce of pens books when we saw the guns #MalalaDay Share:      UN Dispatch "Pregnancy is by far the leading cause of death of women and girls aged 15-19 in the developing world." UN Dispatch (7/11) Share:      United Nations UN report offers path forward for Africa trading African nations need to bolster private industry, including entrepreneurs, to increase intra-regional trade, according to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report. The report also recommends diversified economies and support for intra-African trade including agriculture, writes Lisa Schlein. Voice of America (7/11), The Guardian (London) (7/11) Share:      Ban urges Egypt to consider all sides in forming new government United Press International (7/12) Share:      UN war crimes panel: Bosnian Serb leader can be tried on second genocide charge The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/11) Share:      Security Council renews South Sudan peacekeeping force, urges faster deployment Reuters (7/11) Share:      Health Development Millions of children go without education, UNESCO report says About 57 million children worldwide aren't enrolled in primary school, says a report from UNESCO and Save the Children. Children living in conflict zones and ages 6 to 15 make up 48.5 million children of that total. In Syria, "girls and boys face a disruption of their learning process at a critical time -- and the risk of a lifetime of disadvantage as a result," says UNESCO's Pauline Rose. The Guardian (London) (7/11) Share:      Polio virus remains in Israeli sewage samples; no human cases reported IsraelNationalNews.com (7/11) Share:      9 polio cases in Nigeria this week The Guardian (Nigeria) (7/11) Share:      EU to send $6.1 million in aid to CAR Voice of America (7/11) Share:      Djibouti faces food storage due to drought, lack of farming know-how IRINNews.org (7/12) Share:      Women Girls Maputo Protocol marks 10 years of promoting African women's rights The Maputo Protocol regarding the rights of African women had its 10th anniversary Thursday. Awareness must be raised so "the Protocol becomes a tool for women's empowerment and a force for freedom in Africa," writes Faiza Jama Mohamed of Equality Now. Thomson Reuters Foundation (7/10) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Syrian rebel leader killed, upping tensions Free Syrian Army leader Kamal Hamami was reportedly killed by al Qaida-linked Islamists, increasing tensions in the country and creating another front in the civil war, write Mariam Karouny and Oliver Holmes. Reuters (7/12), Al Jazeera (7/12), Reuters (7/12) Share:      Protests continue in Egypt as Ramadan gets underway Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi protested today during the beginning of the month of Ramadan. Reuters (7/12), The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (7/11) Share:      Ugandan rebels uses DR Congo as training base IRINNews.org (7/11) Share:      Why we need to continue to monitor, prevent atrocities The InterDependent (7/10) Share:      2 killed by suicide attack on AU convoy in Somalia Reuters (7/12) Share:      Position Title Company Name Location Administrative Assitant for Miracle House of New York Miracle House Manhattan, NY Administrative Assistant, Family Planning 2020 Task Team United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Country Engagement Working Group Manager, Family Planning 2020 Task Team United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Market Dynamics Working Group Manager, Family Planning 2020 Task Team United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Rights Empowerment Working Group Manager, Family Planning 2020 Task Team United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Working Group Associate-Country Engagement and Market Dynamics Working Groups, Family Planning 2020 United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Working Group Associate:Performance Monitoring-Accountability Rights-Empowerment Groups FP2020 United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Producer, Digital Communications, UN Foundation and Family Planning 2020 United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Click here to view more job listings.   UN Radio "Out of 4.6 million population, practically everybody is now affected by this conflict and the vast majority of people are in desperate need of help. And yet, help is very difficult to reach out to many-many people because of the fighting that erupts every so often and because of continuous looting, killing and rape of civilians." 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