Sustainable Business
Award winning activist killed in Honduras
Honduras human rights activist , Berta Cacares assassinated for fighting against a dam project that will usurp the Lenca people from their home. Berta […]
Tag: Human Rights
Health
At Clinic, Poverty Magnifies Health Problems, Baltimore, US
Lauren Burns, Capital News Service In Baltimore’s poorer neighborhoods, where problems are plentiful and solutions scarce, Total Health Care strives to correct disparities in […]
Environment
Campaign: A toddler’s plea to clean the beaches
Juan Vargas A toddler’s plea to help her clean the world’s beaches so she doesn’t have to play with trash and cigarette butts
Data & Reports
The plight of Vaigai river, India
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth A study, a conference, and a field visit along the stretch of the Vaigai river including to the temple town of […]
Biodiversity
Indigenous people assert their rights over Sundarban Forest, India
More than 200 people from the region assembled at a Public Hearing in Sundarban islands and asserted their rights to the island’s mangrove forests […]
Corruption
“We are into human rights and the rule of law in Cameroon”
Contra Nocendi is an international human rights NGO with Headquarters in Paris and an independent section in Buea, Cameroon. SixDegrees caught up with the […]
Sustainable Business
Children paid in moonshine and glue for cleaning toilets in central Africa
Children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work Market traders in the Republic […]
Biodiversity
Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate
A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest […]
Aid
Which wealthy countries have the best and worst development policies?
Where do donor countries stand in a barometer-Denmark has the most development-friendly policies while South Korea, Japan and US ranks poorly The Commitment to […]
Aid
The Paris climate agreement at a glance
Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the […]
Environment
Revealed: Tiger numbers increase when tribe stays in tiger reserve
Startling new data reveals tiger numbers have increased rapidly in the first reserve in India where local tribes have won the right to stay. […]
Aid
UN launches 2016 humanitarian appeal asking for $20.1 billion, the highest request ever
More than 125 million people in the world need humanitarian assistance. This will require a record US$20.1 billion in funding – five times the […]
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