UN social policy commission closes with calls to turn pledges into action
Meeting at UN Headquarters, in New York, from 2 to 10 February, the Commission for Social Development marked its first…
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In Bahrain; work, dignity and the quiet rise of home-grown enterprise
Their experiences underline a broader message: inclusive economic growth depends on opening space for those too often excluded, including people…
Violence surges in South Sudan leaving civilians at risk and peacekeepers stretched thin
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council on Tuesday, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said instability had risen sharply in recent…
From rural margins to media trailblazers: India’s women journalists are rewriting the news
Khabar Lahariya, literally “news waves”, is an all-women media organisation run since 2002 by rural reporters, many of them Dalit,…
How AI, gaming and virtual worlds are reshaping Holocaust remembrance
“At the moment, we have an incredibly dispersed and diverse landscape of memory-making, and the more digital we get, the…
From shelter to strength: How disaster refuges protect lives in Palau
Palau’s biodiversity is threatened by rising sea levels. Climate change, a personal issue For Techitong, these climate related hazards are…
Keeping ‘hope alive for younger generations’ in Haiti as funding falters
Armed groups control large swaths of Port-au-Prince, forcing more than 1.4 million people from their homes and cutting access to…
Fatwas, faith and fallacies: Myth-busting female genital mutilation in Africa
“Deep down, I knew what I had experienced was not something any girl should go through,” she emphasised. FGM was…
Chad: Africa’s refugee haven struggles with its own stark challenges
Here’s what you need to know: Fighting and dire humanitarian conditions triggered by the conflict that erupted among rival militaries…
Child malnutrition hits catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan
According to an alert from the IPC, a global food security monitoring system, thresholds for acute malnutrition were surpassed in…