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Global College CIDA-IYIP 2012 Internship Application Deadline Extended

Submitted by Brianne Hellrung on Thu, 2012-02-16 11:11

Please note that the application deadline to receive applications for the Global College CIDA-IYIP Internship has now been extended to February 27 @ midnight CST.

Eligibility Requirements:

In order to be eligible for this program you must be

between 19 and 30 years of age at the time of signature of agreement with the Global College;
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident legally entitled to work in Canada;

Global College International Youth Internship 2012 Call for Applications

Submitted by Brianne Hellrung on Tue, 2012-02-07 10:37

The Global College International Youth Internship Program – Deadline for Applications February 27, 2012 @ midnight CST.

The University of Winnipeg Global College is currently offering internships through The Youth Employment Network (The YEN) based at the International Labour Organization abroad in:

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Submitted by Devin Morrow on Tue, 2011-08-16 12:48

Looking for news? Our RSS feed has been temporarily disabled. If you find this a useful tool, and would like to see it back on LEPnet, please email global.college@uwinnipeg.ca to give us your feedback with "LEPnet feedback" in the subject line.

United Nations Human Rights Council passes resolution on sexual orientation & gender identity

Submitted by Devin Morrow on Wed, 2011-06-22 11:54

JOINT NGO NEWS RELEASE | 20 JUNE 2011 | INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS | http://www.ishr.ch/council/428-council-not-in-feed/1098-human-rights-council-adopts-landmark-resolution-on-lgbt-rights

Historic decision: Council passes first-ever resolution onf sexual orientation & gender identity

UN Launches First Global Partnership To Advance Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

Submitted by Devin Morrow on Wed, 2011-06-01 15:08

PRESS RELEASE | INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION via AWID | 25 MAY 2011

LDC-IV: Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries

Submitted by Devin Morrow on Thu, 2011-05-19 12:44

The Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries was held May 9-13 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The following article is from the official UN website for LDC-IV from 13 May 2011 and was originally released by OECD.

Least developed countries: Aid is still vital to combating poverty

13 May 2011

Despite much talk of the private sector boosting growth to alleviate poverty, the UN Istanbul meeting on LDCs points up foreign aid as being of primary importance.

LEPnet site update

Submitted by Devin Morrow on Fri, 2011-05-06 12:47

Attention all LEPnet members:

LEPnet will be offline between 19:00 and 20:00 (EST) Thursday 12 May 2011 as we complete some upgrades.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

We always appreciate user feedback, so please contact Knowledge Facilitator Devin Morrow if you have any comments or questions regarding the changes.

Thanks for your patience and continued support.

New opportunities

Submitted by Devin Morrow on Wed, 2011-04-20 14:12

LEPnet is working to improve its "Calls for Proposals", "Job opportunities" and "Conferences" groups. You can find all three groups on the "Opportunities" group page. You can join these groups so that updates appear on your "Recent Activity" stream on the left hand column of your main page.

If you or your organization has a call for proposals, a job opportunity, or a conference you would like to submit to be posted on LEPnet please send all relevant information to the LEPnet Knowledge Facilitator/Network Coordinator Devin Morrow.

ESCR-Net Calls on UN-Women to Design its Policy and Program on Women's Economic Empowerment from an Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Perspective

Submitted by Devin Morrow on Wed, 2011-04-06 15:09

A collective statement supported by ESCR-Net ( The International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights) and a number of other leading women's rights organizations was delivered to UN-Women today, calling it to design its policy and program on women's economic empowerment from an economic, social and cultural rights perspective. The full proposal can be read here http://www.escr-net.org/usr_doc/UN_Women_Proposal_on_Womens%27s_ESCR_.pdf. The 10 recommendations put forward for change can be viewed here: http://www.escr-net.org/usr_doc/UN_Women_ten_recommendations.pdf