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Government to integrate gender in policies and programs
An overview of an advocacy workshop and program conducted by the Lao government on addressing gender issues in policy.
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Australia expands support to end violence against women and girls
An overview of Australia's Stand Up Speak Out program, which encouraged male public figures in Laos to speak out against domestic violence and abuse.
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SDG5: Targets and Indicators
An overview of SDG5: Gender Equality and descriptions of its targets and goals.
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Laos-Lao Soung
The page gives update information on Lao ethnic groups known as Lao highlanders or Lao Soung. Most Lao Soung grow upland rice, maize, and opium traditionally. Major ethnic group...
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Tai and other hill people
Tribal Lao Tai live in the higher valleys and on the middle slopes of the mountains in northern Laos (and in adjacent areas of south-west China, north Thailand and north-west Vi...
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Laos
The page gives an overview of ethnic groups in Lao PDR. It distinguished ethnic groups into three categories geographic areas: Lao Loum, Lao Soung and Lao Theung.
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Laos-Lao Theung
The page offer information on Lao ethnic group: Lao Theung. Most Lao Theung are nomadic; they commonly live in upland areas. Originated from Mon-Khmer, they practice swidden cul...
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
About Introduction The IUCN Species Programme working with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies, variet...
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Millennium Development Goals Indicators
An overview of the Millennium Development Goals and the associated indicators for each goal.
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The REDD Desk Statistics: Laos
Review of forestry and forestry-based economic activities in Laos, with statistics.
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Lao PDR, SDG15: Life on Land
An overview of the implementation of SDG15: Life on Land in LAos.
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Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land
UN primer on the goals and targets for SDG15: Life on Land, and an update on its progress in a global context.
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific: Lao PDR
The webpage provides an overview of the state of gender equality in Lao PDR, as well as challenges the country faces.
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Laos: Education
The page provides an overview of the state of education in Lao PDR, as well as the work that Save the Children is doing to improve it.
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A Policy Snapshot of Health and Nutrition in Lao PDR
This page provides an overview of four policy notes that explain the state of health and nutrition in Lao PDR.
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UNICEF Data: Monitoring the Situation of Children and Women Lao People’s Democratic Republic
This page provides data on child health, child mortality, nutrition, maternal health, early childhood, education, HIV/AIDS, child protection, and sanitation and water in Lao PDR.
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Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic
The page provided a news on the improvement of maternity in Laos
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Growth Cuts Absolute Poverty, but Inequality Rising in Lao PDR- ADB Study
A review of an ADB study on poverty and inequality trends in Lao PDR.
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Human Development Reports: Lao People's Democratic Republic
This webpage provides an overview of human development indicators and the human development index for Lao PDR.
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Laos - Access to electricity
Breakdown along demographic lines, such as rural-urban, of the sections of the population that have access to electricity.