Countries: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN News Centre Mr Guterres underscored that aid is desperately needed to respond to the “most basic needs” of the people of Gaza, the “overwhelming majority” of whom are women and children.
Read MoreChildren walk in the wreckage of homes destroyed by airstrikes in Al Shati refugee camp in the Gaza. Credit: UNICEF/Mohammad Ajjour By Joyce MsuyaUNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 2023 (IPS) The humanitarian situation in and around the Gaza Strip—which continues to unfold as we speak—can only be described as an utter […]
Read MoreInclusive opportunities to break barriers to ensure gender equality, improve access to water resources, and promote financial inclusion for rural women are vital to achieve the 2030 Agenda, a webinar hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, aligning […]
Read MoreTo date, crypto companies have been able to operate in California without a license, but that will change effective July 2025 under the state’s newly-enacted “Digital Financial Assets Law” (the Law), signed by Governor Newsom on 13 October. The Law is California’s first comprehensive framework to regulate the digital asset […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/qimono The seas have been awash with plastic waste, which can take decades, centuries and even millennia to degrade. This poses great risks to the health of marine ecosystems, but tiny bacteria can come to the rescue, at least to some extent. A strain of bacteria found in sea […]
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Read MoreCountries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Out of the 1 million people urgently requiring tarpaulin shelters in the eastern provinces, only 115,000 have received them since June. Disease outbreaks continue to ravage IDP sites in North Kivu.
Read MoreThe UN Secretary-General has appealed to Hamas to immediately release all hostages and to Israel to grant “unimpeded access for humanitarian aid” into the Gaza Strip. Credit: UN News/Ziad Taleb By Alon Ben-MeirNEW YORK, Oct 17 2023 (IPS) Israel will recover over time from its colossal intelligence failure and its […]
Read MoreMeet Our 2023 Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partners Country Global agnes Tue, 10/17/2023 – 11:07 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image Indigenous community media is essential for Indigenous Peoples’ reclamation and resistance movements worldwide. They contribute to securing respect for individual […]
Read MoreCompeting demands for access to freshwater in the Asia-Pacific region are intensifying, and this could have dire consequences for the region’s massive agriculture sector and, ultimately, could interrupt regular and affordable access to food for millions of people in the region, water resource management experts have warned. The note of […]
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