United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Issues Position Paper Addressing the Climate, Environment, and Biodiversity Crises In and Through Girls’ Education. The Position Paper calls for continued support to ‘strengthen Education Cannot Wait’s role in ensuring continuity of education for all in the face of increasing extreme weather […]
Read MoreCountries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children’s Fund, World Food Programme Food insecurity and malnutrition are spreading from the Sahel towards coastal countries due to persistent insecurity, […]
Read MoreSydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its corporate and asset management and investment funds practices with the addition of James Lonie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier as partners, based in Sydney. Lonie, Hards and Lautier join K&L Gates from HWL Ebsworth. James Lonie is one of […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/GregMontani Community-based wildlife conservation is often promoted as a win-win solution. The idea behind this approach is that the people who live close to wildlife can be involved in protecting it and have an interest in doing so. This results in wildlife being protected (a win for global biodiversity) and […]
Read MoreWhile corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide, in Western Europe and the European Union, 84% of countries have declined or made little to no progress in the last 10 years, report finds. Credit: Shutterstock. By Baher KamalMADRID, Dec 7 2022 (IPS) “Western Europe and the European Union remains the […]
Read MoreCountry: Ethiopia Source: Education Cannot Wait (ECW) The number of out-of-school children has spiked from 3.1 million to 3.6 in only six months. But a multi-year programme funded by Education Cannot Wait is providing holistic education support to schools.
Read MoreThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will lead the Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This flagship GEF programme will support countries in conserving globally critical intact forest landscapes through interventions inside […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced that its landmark social security program will take effect in the new year, with federal government and private sector employees required to subscribe to unemployment insurance from 1 January 2023. The program was announced in May 2022 and the legislative framework […]
Read MoreCountries: Afghanistan, Ukraine, World Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees As more than 100 million people experience displacement, governments and the private sector have pledged a combined $1.53 billion to help those uprooted by war, violence and human rights violations.
Read MoreUnleashing the power of young agripreneurs Dec 6, 2022 jmcquaid Tue, 12/06/2022 – 08:39 Unleashing the power of young agripreneurs Steven Franzel Kristin Davis Johanna Gammelgaard John Preissing A key to improving economic prospects in rural areas around the world. IFPRI Blog : Issue Post Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Dec […]
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