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Rearticulating Human Development: HDRO and International Science Council launch global call for expert inputs

30 April 2020 | HDRO
Today, the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the International Science Council (ISC) to launch a global call for expert contributions on the theme, “Rearticulating Human...Read more

Almost 90% of Men/Women Globally Are Biased Against Women

05 March 2020 | HDRO
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Series of HDR launch events discuss new generation of inequalities

07 February 2020 | HDRO
The Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is continuing to put a spotlight on a new generation of inequalities with launch events and presentations around the globe on the 2019 Human Development Report (2019 HDR). On 28 January, the report was...Read more

2019 Human Development Report released

12 December 2019 | HDRO
The global launch of the 2019 Human Development Report (HDR) took place on Monday, 9 December, in Bogota, Colombia. UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner joined Colombian President Iván Duque to...Read more

HDRO and UNV host joint expert seminar on volunteering and inequality

26 September 2019 | Margaret Carroll, UNV
Three strategies by which volunteering can make a greater contribution to reducing human development inequalities were identified during the expert...Read more

Leaving No One Behind: From Commitment to Action

19 September 2019 | HDRO
The inclusion of the Leave No One Behind (LNOB) principle in the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 was a landmark decision. It seeks to ensure that the 2030 goals are achieved by all segments of society and that those furthest behind will be...Read more

Addressing recognition gaps: Destigmatization and the reduction of inequality

16 September 2019 | HDRO
On 16 September, the Human Development Report Office invited Michèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies and Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University, for an enriching discussion on...Read more

Incorporating the rights and voice of future persons

06 September 2019 | HDRO
On 3 September, Professor Frances Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford, and a member of the 2019 Human Development Report Advisory Board, led a seminar titled ‘Equality Across Generations – An Analytic and...Read more

Southern-based think tanks address inequalities in human development

18 July 2019 | HDRO and UNSSC
In the lead up to the upcoming 2019 Human Development Report (HDR) on inequality, UNOSSC and HDRO recently held a joint meeting in New York. The...Read more

Tackling inequality as One UN

16 July 2019 | HDRO and DESA and UN Habitat
The importance of coordinated efforts across the UN system to tackle inequality took center stage at a recent event on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum in New York. Jointly organized by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the...Read more
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