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The UN at 70: Time for A Woman SG!

Alexandra Vo UN Youth Rep 17 January 2016

By Vali Mitsakis

A briefing organized by Department of Public Information of the United Nations with a panel speaking about the seventy years of the United Nations.

While I was walking towards the conference room where the celebration was being held, I couldn’t help myself from thinking ‘What’s next?” I knew that I was going to hear a panel speak...

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Educational Technologies for Primary and Secondary Schools

Alexandra Vo UN Youth Rep 17 January 2016

By Vali Mitsakis

A briefing organized by Department of Public Information of the United Nations

This briefing focused on the use of technology in order to enhance teaching methods and student experiences in primary and secondary school classrooms. It is almost impossible to contemplate the changes that have occurred since I attended primary and secondary schools ten years or so...

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UN Youth Rep Vali Mitsakis' Impressions from CSW59

Alexandra Vo UN Youth Rep 15 March 2015

CSW59 – WEEK 1

Hello FAWCO members! My name is Valia Mitsakis and I’m the new FAWCO United Nations Youth Representative. In this blog I’m going to be covering many youth-related meetings and events that were organized by youth organizations across the globe for this year’s Commission on the Status of Women. This means that the past few days I’ve been meeting...

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Transitioning from the MDGs to the post-2015 UN Development Agenda

Alexandra Vo UN Youth Rep 27 February 2015

FAWCO Youth Rep Vali Mitsakis attended a briefing for the NGO community on the hottest topic at the UN in early 2015. The briefing was offered by the UN Department of Public Information (DPI).

Transitioning from the Millennium Development Goals
Thursday, 12 February 2015, 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. at Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium 

Moderator: Mr. Jeffrey Brez, Chief, NGO Relations, Advocacy...

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Reflections from FAWCO's UN Youth Rep on Chile's Museum of Memory and Human Rights

Monica Jubayli UN Youth Rep 23 June 2014

Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos

Pic Human Rigths Museum Chile

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After living in Chile for four months and adjusting to the vastly different cultural and language barriers, I thought it time to continue my contributions to FAWCO. Be warned, this is the first extensive writing I have done in English since my arrival, so please pardon any adjective reversals or paragraphs of...

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FAWCO UN Youth Rep

My-Linh Kunst UN Youth Rep 06 February 2014

Introducing FAWCO's first UN Youth Rep! Gavin Higbie is the son of Erica Higbie (FAUSA). You can read his blog posts from the UN Youth Assembly on February 5 & 6, 2014 in New York City. Go to BLOG.

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