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Ikhtiar Mohammad While there are millions who cannot afford bread and butter even once a day, there are others who have ample wealth which is impossible for them to spend in their lifetime. “I cannot manage to feed my son even twice a day let alone paying for his medical treatment,” said Hasan�

Aid , COVID-19 , Food , Human Rights , Refugees , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/09/2020

Nobel Peace Prize 2020 goes to World Food Programme

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as

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

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/02/2020

UN plan to protect 30 percent of the planet could displace 300 million

One hundred twenty eight environmental and human rights NGOs and experts warn that a United Nations drive to increase global protected areas such as national parks could lead to severe human rights violations and cause irreversible social harm for some of the world’s poorest people In May 2021

Aid , COVID-19 , Economy , Human Rights , Labour , Migration , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/17/2020

7 Ways to Reboot the Indian Rural Economy Post COVID-19

Avijit Choudhury As India is primarily an agrarian economy supporting 60% of the population, reviving agriculture and allied sectors would be critical post COVID. As India enters into the 4th phase of lockdown, we are caught between the dilemma of savings lives or protecting livelihoods by keeping t

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Food , Forests , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Migration , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/12/2020

If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!

Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava The Covid pandemic has aggravated the hunger crisis in the world. Conflicts, climate change and economic downturn had already been increasing the number of acutely food-insecure people in the world over the past four years. In 2019, according to estimates

Disasters , Environment , Governance , Migration , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/09/2020

Assam, an ignored tale of failed flood management

Mayuri Purkayastha Out of 33 districts, every year 28 districts are devastated by floods which cause tremendous damage to lives and livelihoods. Growing up in Assam was different in a lot of ways. It was far removed from the concept of the concrete jungle in many ways, one could see green hillocks f

COVID-19 , Environment , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Opinions , Refugees , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 07/27/2020

Ensuring right to water during pandemics and beyond

It is the 10th anniversary of the recognition of human rights to water and sanitation and our approaches to ensuring water and sanitation during this pandemic should therefore be based on a rights regime and people should be provided with water that is safe. It should be supplied by adhering to the

Aid , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Food , Health , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/17/2020

27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises

No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Asia, to Haiti, Venezuela and Central America, to Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in the Middle East to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Liberia Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe in Africa. New analysis out today by the UN

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Water / 05/26/2020

After Cyclone Amphan, broken houses and rotting fish

Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been encroached for years by the seas, and their huts that will fall down in the next cyclone “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in

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