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UNHScotland
Mar 8, 20181 min read
International Women's Day: #PressforProgress
With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender parity is over 200 years away - there has...
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Joanna Harlos
Mar 8, 20182 min read
Human Trafficking as a Women's Issue: International Women's Day 2018
On International Women's Day, and in support of our See Me, Free Me initiative, UNHS wishes to highlight the plight of women and girls...
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UN House Scotland
Mar 6, 20182 min read
The Asia Pacific Energy Portal and the Need for Data Harmonisation #SDG7Conference
The global SDG agenda relies heavily on evidence collection, analysis, and comparison. Whereas, at the national level, for evidence-based...
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Joanna Harlos
Mar 5, 20183 min read
3 Reasons You Should Take Action on Modern Slavery: The See Me, Free Me Action Plan
Leading up to our conference, “Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in Scotland” UNHS is focused not only on raising awareness of the...
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UN House Scotland
Mar 1, 20183 min read
What is the Global Tracking Framework? #SDG7Conference
In order to track the progress made on SDG 7, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in partnership with 20 partner agencies in the energy...
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UN House Scotland
Feb 28, 20184 min read
Regional Overviews of SDG 7 #SDG7Conference
The five UN regional commissions provided an overview of SDG 7 progress on the first day of the Global SDG 7 conference in Bangkok....
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Samantha Ku
Feb 27, 20182 min read
Edinburgh Preparative Conference on WMDFZ in the Middle East
First group photo of the Edinburgh Preparative Conference at the Edinburgh City Chambers with the Deputy Lord Provost. From 23-25 January...
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Samantha Ku
Feb 27, 20181 min read
POP: Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East
Distributed to Parliament on 19 February, the latest edition of the Parliamentary One-Pager addresses the concept of a Weapons of Mass...
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UNHScotland
Feb 22, 20181 min read
UNHS at the Global SDG 7 Conference
A global preparatory meeting in support of the review of SDG 7 at the 2018 UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) is being held from the...
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Claire LeBlanc and Sabrina Thulander
Feb 16, 20186 min read
Q&A with Professor Siddharth Kara
On 31 January, 2018, UNHS interns spoke with Professor Siddharth Kara as part of the “See Me, Free Me” campaign to raise awareness of...
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Sabrina Thulander
Feb 9, 20185 min read
Does the Super Bowl have a trafficking problem?
For all of its profitability, the NFL is plagued with problems. Domestic violence, sexual misconduct, and life threatening head injuries...
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UNHScotland
Jan 20, 20181 min read
Now Accepting Applications- Generation Y Peace Campaigning Academy 2018
UNHS is proud to share that applications are now open for Generation Y Peace Training Academy 2018. Hosted by our friends at Scottish...
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Coline Constantin
Jan 20, 20183 min read
New steps taken for a pioneer project at Low Moss prison
The UN House Scotland was present at Low Moss prison on the 27th of November to talk about the possibility of organising a Model United...
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UNHScotland
Jan 15, 20181 min read
Burns Supper to be held at Serenity Cafe
Leading up to the invitational conference on a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East, UNHS is hosting a Burns Supper...
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UNHScotland
Jan 13, 20181 min read
Motion Submitted to Recognize Ambassador Elayne White Gomez
On 12 January, 2018, MSP Bill Kid entered a motion at Scottish Parliament to congratulate Ambassador Elayne White Gomez of Costa Rica for...
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Claire LeBlanc
Jan 5, 20181 min read
POP: Human Trafficking in Scotland
The latest POP from UNHS, distributed to Scottish Parliament on 4 January, 2018, focuses on human trafficking and modern slavery in...
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UNHScotland
Jan 4, 20183 min read
What Can One Person Do? Advice from Siddharth Kara
SIDDHARTH KARA is a senior fellow and lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a senior fellow at the Harvard School of...
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Claire LeBlanc
Dec 14, 20174 min read
Human Trafficking in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation and Figures
In the last few years, the Scottish government has earnestly addressed the issues of human trafficking and exploitation within the...
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UNHScotland
Dec 10, 20171 min read
UNHS at Scottish Parliament
During the week of 4 December 2017, UNHS was thrilled to host a stall at Scottish Parliament, sharing our work to promote and achieve the...
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Toluwa Oyeleye
Dec 2, 20174 min read
Model United Nations (MUN) #FirstforFife Report: 5 things we can all learn from 11 year olds
On St. Andrew's Day, 30th November 2017, United Nations House Scotland (UNHS) hosted the first ever MUN (Model United Nations) for...
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