Aid
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the International AIDS Conference taking place in […]
Category: Human Rights
Aid
Under attack, global sexual health ‘can’t rely on US’
Fiona Broom For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republican presidents to block federal funding to non-US […]
Biodiversity
Kenya’s Ogiek community promote a new vision for conservation in Africa
Zubaida Mabuno Ismail In western Kenya, the Ogiek battle for land rights and a chance to demonstrate their role in biodiversity protection. At an […]
Biodiversity
How the Brazilian elections could determine the future of the Amazon
Lázaro Thor Borges Seeking re-election, Jair Bolsonaro’s government has championed the easing of environmental policy in Brazil, while opponents push for a sustainable turnaround […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings
70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simple text As a result of the worst shock to […]
Aid
Sudan: new data reveals a sharp deterioration in food crisis, with nearly 12 million hungry people
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about a looming food crisis in Sudan driven by the combined impacts of […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 could derail SDGs for next five years – report
Dann Okoth The report singles out lost education as one of the worst consequences of the pandemic, warning that its effects could be felt until the […]
Aid
New civil society initiative aims to ‘green’ China-Brazil agriculture trade
Yan Tian Baxter Chinese NGO GEI aims to equip food producing regions in Brazil with good practices to bring about broader changes in agricultural […]
Climate
While Australians are joining radical climate activism, the government is designing new laws to stop them
These laws, and their hurried legislation, have been criticised by civil society groups for attempting to undermine the ability for anyone to exercise their […]
Aid
By June, 41 million can go hungry in West Africa, situation worsened by the Ukraine crisis
A staggering 40 percent increase in prices has been witnessed in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Mali and Mauritania – pushing […]
Aid
Eviction, torture, rape, murder reported from world famous gorilla national park in DRC
Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly lived outside it, in conditions of absolute poverty, […]
Biodiversity
Is Nature Based Solutions greenwashing-numerous organizations write an open letter
From the conservation industry’s perspective, the idea is simple: corporations pay them to enclose forests or plant trees on land they claim is “degraded” […]
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