Sustainable Business
No country has achieved gender equality in last 25 years
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, […]
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Biodiversity
Medicinal plants disappearing in Jammu and Kashmir
Mudassir Kuloo The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to […]
Cities
Inside Crimea’s slow-burn water crisis
David Axelrod Since the end of August, timetables for water supply have been introduced in Simferopol and Bakhchysarai. Authorities restricted water supply in three […]
Sustainable Business
Start-ups ring the changes in farming phone-tech
Laura Owings Demand for phone-based agricultural services has shot up almost 60 per cent across Asia and Africa this year, but many services struggle […]
Aid
UN agencies warn of acute food insecurity surging in the Central Sahel
Three UN agencies are calling for greater stabilization efforts and assistance to the most vulnerable in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger by bridging […]