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Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics, a new UN report. Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their economi

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 10/13/2020

One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever UN estimates

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.&nb

Aid , Biodiversity , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/07/2020

Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses

This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government supported WWF and WCS’s call to declare 30% of the Earth as Protected Areas by 2030. The revelations in the leaked report demonstrate how dangerous this would be. The US government has halted more than $

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Gender , Governance , Health , Sustainable Development / 10/03/2020

Adapting and responding to the pandemic: civic spaces in Southeast Asia

Nicola Nixon Focusing on health, food, and information needs, CSOs throughout the region have been working since the first outbreak to help minimise the pandemic’s impact. In many cases, CSOs responded to the crisis faster, more nimbly, and more effectively than governments. Civil society organisa

Aid , COVID-19 , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/26/2020

$ 200 Millions WB Loan for Bangladesh to help Water and Sanitation Access

The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which provides concessional financing, has a 30-year term, including a five-year grace period. Bangladesh currently has the largest ongoing IDA program totaling over $13.5 billion. The World Bank approved $200 millio

Education , Gender , Governance , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 09/25/2020

South-South Community Learning: Rajasthan to Mali

Naresh Kumar Nain, Sanjay Sharma Taking the successful models and lessons of women’s empowerment and rural economic development from the SHGs in India and applying these in Mali, a region facing similar environmental and socio-economic challenges, is an encouraging example of global collaboration

Business , Data & Reports , Gender , Human Rights , Science & Technology , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/22/2020

Twitter Failing Women over Online Violence and Abuse

Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated promises to do so, new analysis by Amnesty International reveals. The Twitter Scorecard grades the social media company’s record on implementing a series of recommendations to tackle abuse against

Aid , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/21/2020

Tajikistan’s desperate thirst for clean drinking water

Firuza Karimova Many schemes launched, but only 62% have access to clean water “Stocking up on water is our responsibility, as men here work, and water is the most important thing for us throughout the day for our chores,” says Oisha Samariddinova, a resident of Tajikistan’s southern and most

COVID-19 , Education , Gender , Human Rights , Opinions , Sanitation , Sustainable Development / 09/03/2020

Social Distancing: Racism, Caste System, and Sanitation!

Samit Aich Racism and Caste discrimination are not the only two forms of social distancing that has been practiced – the list is a shamefully long one-gender, sexual orientation, economic, modern slavery, child labour… Let’s face it. This issue always existed. For a very large pop

Energy , Food , Gender , Labour , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/02/2020

Swadesh in Bastar, India: How Lift Irrigation Changed Lives in Kelaur Village

Sneha Kaushal, Raju Kumar Recognizing the importance of having a perennial source of water when planning any agricultural activity and change, the women of Kelaur, India installed solar energy-powered water pumps, allowing them to cultivate vegetables and fruit in their homesteads, which brought ab

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