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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    The 1st World Summit on Leaving No One Behind and the African Union's High Level Dialogue on Gender, Education, and Protection of Schools in Humanitarian Settings are this week’s main highlights. Check out the preview for more events in the coming days.

    By Devex Editor // 05 February 2019
    A view of the WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, where the 1st World Summit on Leaving No One Behind will be held. Photo by: Emmanuel Berrod / WIPO / CC BY-NC-ND

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    Feb. 14
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    U.N. recruitment experts join Devex to talk about career opportunities within specific agencies and share tips for candidates. At this event, you will learn what skills are in demand; what the job application process looks like; and tips for standing out to recruiters and hiring managers.

    32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union
    Feb. 10-11
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Devex reporter Christin Roby will be on the ground.

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    Online events and webinars:

    ► Advance your funding strategy with Devex business intelligence

    ► How to land a job with the United Nations

    ► "The Cruel Cut": A Discussion on FGM, Laws and Social Norms with Documentary Screening

    ► International conference on Universal Child Grants

    ► Webinar: Climate resilience and job prospects for young people in agriculture

    ► YouthMappers: Navigating the Ghanian Soy Value Chain

    Together to achieve Universal Social Protection by 2030
    Feb. 5
    Geneva, Switzerland

    "The Cruel Cut": A Discussion on FGM, Laws and Social Norms with Documentary Screening
    Feb. 5
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online

    High Level Dialogue on Gender, Education and Protection of Schools in Humanitarian Settings
    Feb. 5
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Means of Implementing the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Palestine
    Feb. 5-6
    Amman, Jordan

    International conference on Universal Child Grants
    Feb. 6-8
    Geneva, Switzerland; Online

    Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in Bangladesh
    Feb. 7
    Washtington, D.C., United States

    Nourishing Africa through improved nutrition and sustainable food systems: African launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Food, Planet, Health
    Feb. 7
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Webinar: Climate resilience and job prospects for young people in agriculture
    Feb. 7
    Online

    1st World Summit on Leaving No One Behind
    Feb. 7-8
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Consultation on the assessment of the agency-level use of Country Safeguard System for Environment and Land Acquisition and Resettlement
    Feb. 7-8
    Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Public Seminar: Launching a Special Report: Africa's path to 2063: Choice in the face of great transformations
    Feb. 8
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    World Government Summit 2019
    Feb. 10-12
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    YouthMappers: Navigating the Ghanian Soy Value Chain
    Feb. 11
    Online

    57th Session of the Commission for Social Development
    Feb. 11-21
    New York, United States

    German African Business Summit
    Feb. 11-13
    Accra, Ghana

    World Sustainable Development Summit 2019
    Feb. 11-13
    New Delhi, India

    51st Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum
    Feb. 11-12
    Entebbe, Uganda

    Procurement: Medical Diagnostic Imaging Equipment - Tools Launch
    Feb. 12
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Africa Business: Health Forum
    Feb. 12
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    The First FAO/WHO/AU International Food Safety Conference
    Feb. 12-13
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES

    International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
    Feb. 6

    International Day of Women and Girls in Science
    Feb. 11

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