http://milanoschool.org of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:42:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://milanoschool.org/alumni-spotlight-french-smith/ http://milanoschool.org/alumni-spotlight-french-smith/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:00:38 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120590 French Smith (GPIA, Spring 2015) is currently a Fellow for the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security at the UN Plaza. In her new role French will be performing policy research, meeting with a consortium of NGOs, and making recommendations to the Security Council on how to better incorporate a gendered analysis in UN resolutions.  After completing […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/alumni-spotlight-french-smith/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/professor-sakiko-fukuda-parr-speaks-at-the-un-on-post-2015-international-development-agenda/ http://milanoschool.org/professor-sakiko-fukuda-parr-speaks-at-the-un-on-post-2015-international-development-agenda/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:22:53 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=119859 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr has been contributing to several of the many events in the Post-2015 Agenda setting process.  February 20 – At the Statistical Commission Seminar on nationally owned monitoring framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) organized by the UN – she argued that holding governments to account with a single one size fits all goal […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/professor-sakiko-fukuda-parr-speaks-at-the-un-on-post-2015-international-development-agenda/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/professor-mccandless-participating-in-united-nations-expert-meetings-on-developing-an-indicator-framework/ http://milanoschool.org/professor-mccandless-participating-in-united-nations-expert-meetings-on-developing-an-indicator-framework/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:13:37 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=119789 Dr. McCandless is attending UNDESA Expert Group meetings on indicator framework for the post-2015 development framework this week. Over the last several years, she has been engaged with various specialist networks working to infuse peace, security, governance and justice concerns into the new framework (“goal 16”). UN discussions are presently focused around indicators, and Dr. […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/professor-mccandless-participating-in-united-nations-expert-meetings-on-developing-an-indicator-framework/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/faculty-sakiko-fukuda-parr-on-human-rights-and-global-inequality-at-the-un/ http://milanoschool.org/faculty-sakiko-fukuda-parr-on-human-rights-and-global-inequality-at-the-un/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:10:20 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=118629 Professor Fukuda-Parr was one of the speakers at the Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations on November 19-20, urging Parliamentarians to support the goal to reduce inequality as a top international priority. On November 17th, she also gave the annual Boving lecture at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, established to promote debate on urgent global challenges of poverty, inequality and development, on Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights. ]]> http://milanoschool.org/faculty-sakiko-fukuda-parr-on-human-rights-and-global-inequality-at-the-un/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/gpia-prof-sakiko-fukuda-parr-discusses-human-rights-at-un/ http://milanoschool.org/gpia-prof-sakiko-fukuda-parr-discusses-human-rights-at-un/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:20:34 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=116156 http://milanoschool.org/gpia-prof-sakiko-fukuda-parr-discusses-human-rights-at-un/feed/ 1