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The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) web site provides resources and advice on topics such as finance, travel, health and legislation in the U.S. and abroad. It includes a link to the AARP research publication.
Plant for the Planet downloadable certificate - A4 format
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FAWCO Millennium Forest in Morocco submitted as UN Millennium Development Goals Success Story
March 2004
In February FAWCO NGO Director Paula Dappen received a request from the United Nations to submit a FAWCO project that could be considered a Millennium Development Goal Success Story. The project that she submitted was the FAWCO Millennium Forest Project in Morocco, sponsored by AWIC...
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Statement for the Human Rights Commission
Ageing and
Statement for the Human Rights Commission
61st session
United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 March-22 April 2005
Item 14 : Specific groups and individuals: (d) Other vulnerable groups and individuals
Ageing and
the Rights of Older Persons
The International Association of Gerontology (IAG) in conjunction with the following organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC (see list enclosed),
calls the attention of the Commission...
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Girls' Education
FAWCO joined a written intervention on "Girls Education" addressing gender discrimination in education. Despite international consensus on the importance of improving gender parity and equality in education, both from a rights-based perspective and as a means to achieving sustainable development, gender discrimination in education remains a persistent problem. The right to quality education...