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Social Development Division

The Social Development Division works to identify emerging social issues, especially those that directly affect the poor and other vulnerable and disadvantaged groups of people in the region. It increases awareness and understanding of how various issues like population ageing, migration, lowered fertility rates and HIV/AIDS affect each country and the region as a whole. Special emphasis is placed on ways to empower women and prevent the stigma and discrimination faced by many persons with disabilities. More...

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
Social Development Division: Latest development

UN meeting explores pathways towards inclusive social development in Asia-Pacific

Representatives from over 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific, attending the first session of the Committee on Social Development, converged at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok from 24-26 September to seek ways to build more inclusive societies and reduce gaping disparities and social exclusion. more.....

UN High-level Meeting Explores Links Between Migration and Asia-Pacific's Socio-Economic Development

Bangkok (UN/ESCAP Information Services) - With the number of international migrants in Asia having increased nearly twofold since 1960 - growing from an estimated 28 million in 1960 to more than 53 million in 2005 - and with Asia and the Pacific accounting for a third of the world's 190 million migrants, more needs to be done to better understand the impact of the phenomenon on the region's socio-economic development. more.....

Regional Seminar seeks to enhance family well-being in Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok (United Nations Information Services) - Families all over the Asian and Pacific region have undergone rapid and unprecedented changes over the past few decades. Among these transformations are shifts from extended family to nuclear family patterns, increased participation of women in the labour force, and increased instances of separation and divorce. more.....

Social division of ESCAP discusses diversity with private sector

The Hong Kong-based Asia-Pacific Diversity & Work-Life Strategy Council of The Conference Board recently invited Ms. Thelma Kay, Director, Social Development Division (SDD) of ESCAP, to address its members on regional diversity and related social issues from a United Nations perspective. more....

Regional Meeting on Sustainable health financing strategies to improve access to health care, will be held on 23-25 July 2008, Bangkok. more....

 
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS
ESID meeting calendar
Date
Title/Activity
Venue
Section*
MAY
     

13-15

Expert Group Meeting in preparation for the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
Bangkok
GEES
27-28
Policy dialogue on the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on International Migration: Follow-up to the Asia-Pacific High-level Meeting on International Migration and Development
Bangkok
SPPS
JUNE
     
2-3

ESCAP-UNDP regional seminar on “Local Governance and Basic Services Delivery in Conflict Affected Areas”

Bangkok
SPSJS
8-10

Expert Group Meeting on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights with Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok
SPPS
11-12

Regional Inter-agency Meeting on the Promotion and Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok
SPPS
 

 



NEW PUBLICATIONS

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Asia-Pacific Population Journal

December 2008 Issue

 

 

The Asia-Pacific Population Journal has documented knowledge and thinking in the field of population and development in the region for over 20 years.

The web-based version of the Journal, accessible in full text at www.unescap.org/appj.asp recently enjoyed a surge of popularity with over 180,000 visitors a month on average in 2006, representing a fivefold increase since 2005.

 

Asia-Pacific Population and Social Studies Series No. 165

 
       

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