Sustainability
‘Catastrophic’ healthcare costs put mothers and newborns at risk
In a new report highlighting how few of the world’s poorest pregnant women have a doctor, nurse of midwife at...
Asia-Pacific ‘regional parliament’ underway to advance equality, empowerment, for more than four billion citizens
According to a study by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), forming the basis...
The Fathi Initiative – United Nations Sustainable Development
The Fathi Initiative is an independent, non-profit organization, based in the Horn of Africa, that aims to bring solutions...
‘Save Tuvalu; save the world’; UN chief echoes rallying cry from front lines of global climate emergency
If the world is to prevail against climate change, “then we must find the political will to take transformative measures,”...
A major win for transgender rights: UN health agency drops ‘gender identity disorder’, as official diagnosis
The update to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has reclassified gender identity disorder, or identifying as transgender, in terms...
From philanthropy to profit: how clean energy is kickstarting sustainable development in East Africa
The United Nations human settlements programme, UN-Habitat, and Portuguese energy company EDP, are constructing a solar energy system to supply...
Mozambique cyclones a ‘wake-up call’ to boost resistance: UN weather agency
A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) fact-finding mission to Mozambique recommended on Wednesday a package of disaster-risk-reduction priorities to strengthen the...
Mozambique: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets the child cyclone survivors who’ve lost everything
During the week, the actor travelled to the coastal city of Beira, one of the areas worst-affected by Cyclone Idai,...
UN expert criticizes States for ‘ganging up’ on Wikileaks’ Assange; warns against extradition, fearing ‘serious’ rights violations
“My most urgent concern is that, in the United States, Mr. Assange would be exposed to a real risk of...
Climate Justice – United Nations Sustainable Development
“Climate change is happening now and to all of us. No country or community is immune,” said UN Secretary-General António...
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