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Dispatch from UNESCO India: Saya Soma’s second blog from the field

Photo credit: UNESCO By Saya Soma, MAGG One of the benefits of interning at UNESCO is the access to its career development resources prepared by the Headquarters in Paris for the interns. In the past month and a half while interning at the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office, I have attended several online workshops for …

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Dispatch From UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s third blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNDP-Pacific Office By: Chelsea Sidloski, MIPP Hi there! It’s me again happy to update you all with a third blog post about my internship with the United Nations Development Programme-Gender Division at the Pacific Office in Suva, Fiji. I am currently writing from my desk at home in downtown Toronto, Ontario where I …

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Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s second blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNDP Capture-Gender Division By: Chelsea Sidloski, MIPP Hello! My name is Chelsea Sidloski, and this is my second blog post about working remotely as a Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) in the UNDP Gender Department at the Pacific Office based out of Suva, Fiji. With having gained experience in a number of projects over …

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Dispatch from UNESCO India: Aleyna Aygor’s second blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: Habitat for Humanity Australia By Aleyna Agor, MIPP I have been working as a Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) at UNESCO New Delhi for about two months now. Under the supervision of the Head of the Education Unit and Programme Specialist, I meet the New Delhi team remotely and provide them support in the areas …

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Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: Chelsea Sidloski By: Chelsea Sidloski, MIPP Gender Equality is a fundamental human right that is an inherent component and indicator of economic growth and development. In Fiji and across the South Pacific islands, structural gender inequality and discrimination against women exists in various socioeconomic spheres such as women’s economic participation, government representation, and …

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Dispatch from UNESCO India: Larissa Prata Varella’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNESCO By Larissa Prata Varella, MIPP Sitting here in my home office in Waterloo, Canada, I am writing this post a little sleepy after having two meetings this week that ended past midnight due to being in a different time zone. A downside of working remotely. However, my 19-year-old self starting her bachelor’s …

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Dispatch from UNESCO India: Aleyna Aygor’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNESCO By Aleyna Agor, MIPP It was not long ago that my Google search history was filled with questions similar to the following: What to do if you want to work for the UN? How can I intern with the UN? How to get a job at the UN? What qualifications do I …

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Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Mackenzie White’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNDP Pacific Office | Gender Division By Mackenzie White, MAGG Hello! My name is Mackenzie White, and this is my first blog post about working remotely as a Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) in gender and sustainability with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji. This incredible opportunity is the final …

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Dispatch from UNESCO India: Saya Soma’s first blog from the field

Photo credit: Saya Soma By Saya Soma, MAGG As I write this blog at my flat in New Delhi, snacking on kalakand (Indian milk cake) and listening to the sound of infamously busy streets, I feel grateful for how much the world has progressed in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and privileged to be able to …

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Dispatch from UN-Habitat in Kenya: Andrew Horne’s third blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: United Nations By Andrew Horne, MIPP As I am currently interning with UN-Habitat, my blog for this month will focus on how UN-Habitat addresses the concerns of global youth in an increasingly young world. In the last several decades, there has been an explosion in the global population of youth, with these changing …

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