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Continuous learning can help boost your health and enhance your social life

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Organization: United Nations

In time of COVID-19, boosting your immune system and improving your health is a priority. Ensuring good health is not the sole preserve of healthcare professionals. We can all take action towards maintaining a healthy mind and body.

Below are three reasons why continuous learning is good for your health and social life. UN SDG:Learn shares tips on reaping the health benefits of continuous learning.

1. Learning, through reading, reduces stress levels and helps you to live longer

A study by the University of Sussex found that reading for just 6 minutes can reduce stress levels by 68%. It slowed the heart rate and eased tension in the muscles. Researchers from Yale University School of Public Health also showed that people who read for more than 3.5 hours per week live longer.

UN SDG:Learn Tip: Read through UN SDG:Learn’s collection of books, documents, and blogs on various sustainable development topics.

2. Learning keeps your brain healthy

According to a study by the University of California, Irvine, learning promotes brain health. Learning provides the mental stimulation that could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind. Want to get the most benefit out of learning? A study shows that the more challenging your choice of new skills to learn, the better it is in warding off dementia.

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3. Learning fosters a healthier social life

Learning provides a space for social interactions and offers opportunities for individuals to open up, share ideas, and encourage one another. Such social interactions not only build intellectual capacities but improve the social and emotional aspects of one’s life.

UN SDG:Learn Tip: Start by browsing through more than 100 online courses on UN SDG:Learn and engage with fellow learners and build a healthier social life.

Stay healthy!

From your UN SDG:Learn Team

How to register:

Please go to https://www.unsdglearn.org/.


Violent Extremist Groups: A New Threat in the Fight to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

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Organizations: Government of Iraq, Government of Japan, International Peace Institute, United Nations

On Tuesday, April 14th, IPI together with the Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and the Permanent Missions of Japan and Iraq to the United Nations, cohosted a film screening and discussion that explored the tools and policies needed to combat sexual violence committed by nonstate actors and the response mechanisms that are required to assist survivors of wartime rape committed by these groups.

How to register

Watch the recording at https://youtu.be/DJq-ep4W9Hg

1st International Academic Conference on Why it Matters as part of the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Organization: United Nations

Hosted by Utah Valley University in partnership with the Academic Impact Initiative of the United Nations Department of Global Communications

This academic conference will take place as the Decade of Action begins the countdown towards 2030, and the global community, including academic institutions, civil society organizations, private sector entities, local and national governments, as well as media outlets, explore ways through which the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Goals become an intrinsic part of their efforts. In this context, academic institutions have a crucial role to play as the next ten years will determine the success of the initiatives that aim at ending poverty, protect the planet, and ensure human rights and prosperous and fulfilling lives for all by 2030.

How to register

Watch the archived recordings at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw_muWgG0jHeKrGXGfhX6-F6Pl6V6SZDt





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