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Global movement called to end hunger
Photo: FAO/Daniel Hayduk On 4 June 2015, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization asked countries to look ahead to new development goals to be effective in September that will end hunger in...
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Facts about Women and Hunger
UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran Protracted crises undermine food security and nutrition. Women are more likely than men to be affected, and their access to aid can be undermined by gender-based...
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World Day against Child Labour
Photo: ILO/Marcel Crozet A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the World Day against Child Labor on 12 June shows that around 20 to 30 percent of children in low income...
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Facilititating transitions from the informal to the formal economy
Photo: Kevin Jaako 2015 The informal economy represents more than half of the global workforce and also includes more than 90 percent of small and medium sized enterprises. Because of these large...
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UNESCO Youth Mobile Initiative
Photo: SA UNESCO UNESCO’s YouthMobile Initiative is an Organization that gives youth the skills to create mobile apps that are locally-relevant. Giving youth these skills also gives them confidence and...
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Food prices hit five-year low; impact of low oil price on global food prices,...
Photo: The World Bank Between August 2014 and May 2015, international food prices declined by 14% which was a five-year low. Cheap oil was a huge factor in abundant global supplies of food in 2014 and...
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New Addis Ababa Agenda remains focused on agriculture and rural development
Photo: IFAD/Juan Cortes The Third International Conference on Financing for Development concluded mid July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with support for policies and actions that coincide with the new...
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General Assembly hands over draft global sustainability agenda to UN Member...
UN Photo: Devra Berkowitz On 1 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly sent the draft of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to Member States for adoption later this month....
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Your Voice Matters! Join our E-Discussion on Poverty!
UN Photo: Sylvain Liechti “What do YOU think are the best ways to eradicate poverty?” Please sign in at the end of this page and join this month’s e-discussion on eradicating poverty to promote...
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Waves of Grace: virtual reality series on the world’s most pressing challenges
The next Virtual Reality film: Waves of Grace is now available for Virtual Reality headsets and for use with/without google cardboard on Android and iOS mobile phone platforms through the Vrse.works...
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Charity Is Not Only About the Rich Giving to the Poor
Credit: UN Photo John Isaac According to the UN Radio of Eva Schafer, a human rights and social development officer at Hungarian Mission to the UN, charity is not only about the rich giving to the...
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Acting Charitably in The Face of Human Suffering
Credit: UN Photo/Tobin Jones On the International Day of Charity on September 5, The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to individuals in the world to volunteer and act...
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UN Agencies Boost Effort to Avoid ‘Catastrophic Loss’ of Young Children’s lives
Credit: Photo: UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt In South Sudan, every two minutes a child becomes severely malnourished. Brutal conflict has displaced millions of people, destroyed basic services and increased...
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How Disasters Drive Hunger
Credit: WFP Over 80% of hungry people live in disaster-prone areas and in degraded environments that increase the damage that disasters create. How to help communities reduce and manage the risks when...
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United Action Needed Now for Child Refugees
Credit: UNICEF/UNI195499/Klincarov UNICEF claimed that before winter approaches, Europe has a opportunity to protect and care the tens of thousands of children seeking refuge. Over 106,000 children...
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Goal 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
Credit: The United Nations Do you know that 20% people in developing regions still live on less than $1.25 per day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount? Poverty is...
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Call to action to improve the health of women, children and adolescents...
Credit: UN Photo Albert Gonzalez Farran In a special supplement published by The BMJ, public health experts from around the globe highlight the critical actions and investments that will have the...
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Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Credit: Photo: Shareef Sarhan/UN By 2050, 6.5 billion people will live in urban areas. Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way we build and manage the...
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Electricity to Transform Rural Myanmar
Credit: World Bank Believe or not, there are 84% of household in rural Myanmar have no electricity connection, creating hardship, perpetuating poverty, and stalling development. In order to help its...
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A vision for eradicating malaria by 2040
Credit: Photo: WHO/PAHO The United Nations and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations released a new report on eradicating malaria by 2040, which involves new strategies, tools and financing and...
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