Afghanistan: Food insecurity and malnutrition threaten ‘an entire generation’
People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of “unparalleled proportions”, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday....
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Yemen war now ‘chronic emergency’ as millions face hunger
After more than seven years of war, Yemen is living in a chronic state of emergency, marked by hunger, disease and other miseries that...
Over 60% of World Workers Not Recognised, Not Registered, Not Protected
MADRID, Mar 15 (IPS) – More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labour force –or about 2 billion workers– work in the informal...
DHAKA and NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (IPS) – In an exclusive interview given to IPS UN Bureau, journalist Sania Farooqui is in conversation with...
Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second: UNICEF
Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of...
Refugees Recount Harrowing Escape from Besieged Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Mar 15 (IPS) – “I never, ever, believed that anything like this could happen,” says Valia*. “Not for a second.” Read the full...
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war
Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict. After 11 years of war, the crisis continues to...
Lessons from Liberia for Scaling Poverty Reduction Globally
MONROVIA, Liberia, Mar 15 (IPS) – For the past three years, BRAC International has been piloting in Liberia an adaptation of its acclaimed Graduation...
UN on ‘positive trajectory’ towards full gender parity
Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to a renewed social contract anchored in human rights – the new Agenda for Peace – the UN chief...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 15 (IPS) – Ukraine is on fire. The country is being decimated before the eyes of the world. The impact on...
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