THE SENATE SCHOOL OF TRUST HEARING CONCERNS OF THE TERRITORIES

HANDICAP LAW NEED TO BE IMPROVED

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 06/04/2019, 03:46 Time

USPA NEWS - School of trust has voted at the Senate hears the concerns of the territories. The Senate adopted, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 213 votes in favor, a deeply amended version of the bill for a school of trust, responding to the legitimate concerns expressed by local communities in recent weeks.The Senate has retained the main provision of the text - the reduction to three years of mandatory education, voted unanimously - as well as measures to strengthen the control of family education and reform of training initial teacher.

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MINISTER OF JUSTICE N. BELLOUBET UNVEIL APPLICATION OF POSTAL VOTE FOR DETAINEES

EUROPEAN ELECTIOSN 2019

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 06/04/2019, 03:34 Time

USPA NEWS - The Law of Programming 2018 - 2022 and Reform for Justice, adopted on March 23, 2019, establishes the postal vote as a new voting modality offered to the detainees in the framework of the 2019 European elections.Detainees who so wished were able to vote, for the first time, by correspondence in the institution that hosts them. Voting by mail is in addition to proxy voting and permission to go out to create a device that has allowed about 4,500 detainees to exercise their right to vote more easily in European elections.

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WHO announces four new goodwill ambassadors for promoting global health

From the fields of sports, politics

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Zanizibar, 06/04/2019, 03:04 Time

USPA NEWS - World Health Organization today announced today the appointment of four new goodwill ambassadors, from the fields of sports, politics and community mobilization, to promote healthier lives, stronger health workforces and improved mental health globally. The new ambassadors are: Alisson Becker, goalkeeper of the Brazilian national and Liverpool football teams, and Dr Natália Loewe Becker, medical doctor and health advocate from Brazil, as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Health Promotion; Cynthia Germanotta, President of Born This Way Foundation, which co-founded with her daughter, Lady Gaga, as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for mental health; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Health Workforce.

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Debate and testimonies at UNESCO on sport as an accelerator of gender equality

Women and football #ChangeTheGame

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 06/04/2019, 02:50 Time

USPA NEWS - Ahead of the Women's World Cup, to be held in France from 7 June to 7 July, UNESCO is organizing an unprecedented debate, Women and Football: #ChangeTheGame, on 4 June (10:30-12:30) at UNESCO Headquarters. Opened by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, the event will bring together internationally renowned female footballers and personalities from the world of football. Nadia Nadim (Denmark), an Afghan refugee with an exceptional sporting background, and Jody Brown (Jamaica), a rising star of international football, accompanied by her Jamaican team, the Reggae Girlz, will talk about the key role that sport can play in promoting diversity and gender equality.

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