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The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2024 takes place as escalating intersecting crises exacerbate systemic inequalities both between and within nations, underscoring the need for greater international support to those disproportionately affected, including women and girls on the move, in all their diversity.

2nd Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (RRGCM)

RRGCM Stakeholders Meeting

2nd Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (RRGCM)

The Skills Dimension in Realizing Opportunities for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration - The event will pinpoint specific opportunities for leveraging good practices including international cooperation and joint action based on international human rights and labour standards to inform future policy and practice, including for the next IMRF.

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival is a joint initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that invites the world's youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on the themes of migration, diversity and social inclusion. By supporting the distribution of youth-produced media, PLURAL+ recognizes youth as powerful agents of positive social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

There are approximately 73 million unemployed youth globally. Even in the best of times, young people face a tough situation in the labour market. In this episode of the World of Work Show, we discuss how to meet the challenges of youth employment with Sara Elder, Head of Employment Analyses & Economic Policies Unit of the ILO.

Day 1 (Room XIX) - "We wanted workers, but human beings came": Human Rights Gaps in Temporary Labour Migration Programmes - 12th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights 27 - 29 November 2023

In preparation for the DOHA Conference to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family.

Geneva Bi-Weekly Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva.

International migration is a complex phenomenon that touches on a range of economic, social and security aspects all around the world. Current estimates are that there are 281 million international migrants globally (or 3.6% of the world's population). While the vast majority of people in the world continue to live in the country in which they were born, more people are migrating to other countries.