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By Mirjana Milenkovski in Belgrade | UNHCR*
Afsaneh, a refugee from Iran, holds online Farsi classes for students in Serbia where she now lives.© UNHCR/A.Bergazar
28/05/2020
Want to Learn a New Language? Refugees in Serbia Offer to Teach You Online
28/05/2020
‘Countries Need to Do More to Stop Harmful Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes’
(UN News)* — Despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in protecting parents from misleading information, according to a new UN report released Wednesday [27 May 2020].
Titled Marketing of Breast‐milk Substitutes: National Implementation of the International Code – Status report 2020, the study highlights the need for stronger legislation to protect families from false claims about the safety of breast-milk substitutes or aggressive marketing practices, findings that take on increased importance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
27/05/2020
More than One in Six Young People Out of Work Due to COVID-19 – International Labour Organization
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The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment.
GENEVA, 27 May 2020 (ILO)* – More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while those who remain employed have seen their working hours cut by 23 per cent, says the International Labour Organization (ILO).
27/05/2020
Local Treasures: Nepal’s Mountain Crops Drive Biodiversity and Economic Growth
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26 May 2020 (UN Environment)* — Remote mountainous regions of Nepal are harsh places in which to survive and make a living.
Photo by D. Gauchan, Bioversity International, 2017
27/05/2020
Ensuring Biodiversity Now will Prevent Pandemics Later
Human Wrongs Watch
— A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by ensuring biological diversity preservation around the world, experts recently said.
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27/05/2020
‘Business Unusual:’ How COVID-19 Could Change the Future of Work
UN Photo/Marvin Bolotsky | Working from the office could become a relic of the past in the post-COVID-19 world.
UN News spoke to Susan Hayter, a Senior Technical Adviser on the Future of Work at the Geneva-based International Labour Organization, about how COVID-19 could change our working lives.
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27/05/2020
How to Ensure Older Workers Fully Participate in the Recovery after the Pandemic
By Carla Henry, Senior Technical Specialist, ILO Research Department*
25 May 2020 (ILO)* — As economies ease restrictions on businesses, many workers will be called back to work but those deemed to be at elevated health risks may be asked to stay away for longer or to not return.
Older persons, defined as those aged 55 and over, are considered a high-risk category because they might develop medical complications or take longer to recover.
Governments and employers both have a responsibility to ensure that older workers do not face employment discrimination due to their age and perceived vulnerability to the effects of the COVID-19 virus.
What policies and actions can reduce the risk to older workers becoming unemployed or cushion their transition to new sources of employment during and after the pandemic?
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27/05/2020
The Deluge – Artificial Intelligence Science Fiction Tales
Looking in the sky expecting to see a dove with an olive leaf on her beak | Image from Wall Street International.
26/05/2020
Italy Recommends Cuban Medical Brigade for Nobel Peace Prize
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Cuban doctors held over five thousand consultations in Italy and discharged 210 Covid-19 patients after the severe outbreak in March.
Homage to Cuban doctors in Plaza Duomo, Crema, Italy. May 23rd, 2020. | Photo: Twitter/@BrunoRguezP
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25 May 2020 (teleSUR)* — Italian authorities, ecclesiastic representatives, and social organizations acknowledged on May 23 Cuban efforts to face COVID accross the country.
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