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Tag Archives: civil society

12Sep/17

Australia kicks off same-sex marriage ballot

September 12, 2017PoliticsAUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY, civil society, Country: Australia, EDDIE BLEWETT, LGBT history, LYLE SHELTON, Samantha Vadas, Same-sex marriage, Social Issues, Vadassmbale

Australia launches a non-compulsory weeks-long postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage. Samantha Vadas reports. Continue reading →

30Nov/15

Leaders gathered for climate summit pose for family photo

November 30, 2015EnvironmentBarack Obama, civil society, cleaner energy sources, Climate Summit, Environment, Environmental Issues, Paris, United Nations, United Nations Secretariat, Xi Jinpingsmbale

World leaders gathered for the United Nations-sponsored climate summit pose for family photo as the 2-week meeting gets underway.

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09Oct/15

Tunisian president, people welcome Nobel win for mediator group

October 9, 2015WorldAngela Merkel, Beji Caid Essebsi, Ben Ali, civil society, Hamadi Ben Brahim, Islamist, Nabil Hamzaoui, Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, Norwegian Nobel committee, Oslo, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Tunisia, Tunisian Human Rights Leaguesmbale

The Tunisian president says the Nobel committee has honoured the country’s National Dialogue Quartet and its work, after the group won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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03Aug/15

African Data platform launched to challenge Global development community for accuracy of Data

August 3, 2015TechnologyAfrica, civil society, Data Scientist, Development, Economics, Facebook, Geographic information system, Ghana, International development, London, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, New York City, Poverty, Rwanda, Senegal, Social Issues, Socioeconomics, Technology/Internetsmbale

“The African continent deserves better and more accurate data”

London August 2015 (ACCUR8DATA) – A group of prominent African leaders in the field of data and innovation from Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda and Senegal announced the launch of the Accur8Africa platform to improve the accuracy of data in the continent before the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York this coming September at the 70th United Nation General Assembly.
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