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2010
December
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International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
“Volunteerism is a source of community strength, resilience, solidarity and social cohesion. It can bring positive social change by fostering respect for diversity, equality and the participation of all. It is among society’s most vital assets.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of the political, social, economic and cultural life of their communities.
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World AIDS Day
Understanding HIV and AIDS from a human rights perspective can be difficult. Human rights are often misunderstood - and can sometimes be seen as abstract ideals with not much practical relevance for real people.
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Societies' Newsletter 29/11 – 5/12.
-Come along to societies' events around campus.
November
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Bradford 10+1 international conference
-The conference, aimed at high level business and education stakeholders, will be an opportunity to hear some of the world’s leading closed loop economy thinkers and activists (see below). Ten guest lectures around one key perspective on the transition to a sustainable economy. The focus will be on skills, jobs...
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Achieving universal primary education
-Christian Aid Millennium Development Goals Autumn Lecture Series
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The Challenge of Global Environmental Change – Research and Policy Advocacy
-Prof Simon will address the challenges of undertaking policy, advocacy and consultancy on urban climate change in developing countries in terms of RAE/REFability and impact
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Dealing with Disasters International Conference 2010
-The conference focus for 2010 is ‘Linking Disasters and Development: the next 10 years’. This involves exploring and highlighting aspects of resilience, response, investigation and recovery strategies for dealing with environmental, economic and socially related disasters, nationally and internationally. The conference programme is deliberately broad and designed to bring together the wide...
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Why Global Inequality Matters
-Why Global Inequality Matters
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First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
-The specific objectives of the symposium are to: • share state-of-the art research on universal health coverage; • develop a global agenda of priority research on accelerating progress towards universal health coverage; • facilitate greater research collaboration and learning communities across disciplines, sectors, initiatives and countries; • strengthen the scientific rigor of the field...