Tuesday, December 14, 2021
In September 2021, Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days by leveraging the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The initiative’s aim was to ensure...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to strengthen social protection systems and fulfill people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living. Many African governments introduced measures like cash...
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Africa, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda
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Thursday, October 7, 2021
India is home to over 30.3 per cent of extremely poor children. These children, especially girls, suffer systematic discrimination and exclusion in the form of higher school dropout rates, and greater vulnerability to child labour, trafficking and child...
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Today, at the Global Citizen Live event, Administrator Samantha Power announced nearly $297 million in humanitarian assistance to provide urgently needed food assistance, health care, water, and psychosocial support to address urgent humanitarian needs...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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As COVID-19 continues to disrupt economies around the globe, the number of people living in urban poverty is...
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Asia, Bangladesh, India, Philippines
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced more than 68 million Indonesian students out of their classroms. The...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
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There can be no excuse for the fact that child labour has increased for the first time in two...
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Global, Africa, Zambia, America, Brazil
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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We need to provide opportunities and means to make this possible through policy interventions such as paid...
Monday, February 1, 2021
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he COVID-19 pandemic is testing global food and social protection systems at an unprecedented scale. The...
Monday, January 4, 2021
Women are more likely to experience food insecurity than men, and the pandemic has exacerbated this divide. Women continue to shoulder more household responsibilities, but also now bear the burden of increased poverty and health risks“When it comes to...