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ILO: 2.3 million young Filipinos labor in poor working conditions

MDG-F working on Action Plan to improve job opportunities for youth and strengthen rights of vulnerable workers.

MDG-F supports Tunisian youth at record-breaking artisan fair

Beneficiaries of youth employment programme showcase their crafts at event featuring 700 participants and 130,000 visitors.

MDG-F empowering vulnerable women in Algeria

Joint UN programme aims to improve gender equality and increase work opportunities for disadvantaged women.

UN: Urgent action needed to combat social inequalities and environmental risks

Ban Ki-Moon calls for international effort at the first Global Human Development Forum in Istanbul.

MDG-F-backed youth jobs center opens in Philippines

Facility will serve young people and migrants with employment services, investments and micro-enterprise development.

UN: Empowering rural women key to boosting welfare of societies

Ban Ki-Moon urges governments to commit to gender equality and to give rural women equal access to resources and freedom from discrimination and exploitation.

UN says MDG of increasing access to water has been met

Declaration follows World Bank announcement that MDG of halving global poverty has been achieved; critics say Chinese progress skewing both results.