Global Progress Against Child Labour ‘Ground to a Halt’ – UN Report
NEW DEHLI, Jun 10 (IPS) – Malleshwar Rao, 27, spent his early years as a child labourer in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad....
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Security Council urged to bring multilateralism ‘alive’, to tackle serious global challenges
Rules-based multilateralism is not a simple or appealing phrase, a top European Union (EU) official told the Security Council on Thursday, “but our job...
Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World...
A football club in the west of England has been recognized by the United Nations for its leading role in setting goals to tackle...
Child labour figure rises to 160 million, as COVID puts many more at risk
For the first time in two decades, the number of children being put to work has risen – to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase...
Investing in Lives & Livelihoods of Indias Women Crucial to Nations Full Recovery
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 10 (IPS) – Thousands of Indians have been affected by the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Not only those suffering from the...
From Climate Change to Covid, Are We Ready to Deal with Disasters?
PARIS, Jun 10 (IPS) – In the last 20 years, disasters affected over 4 billion people. At global level we witness on average one...
The United Nations on Wednesday called for an investigation into the deadly attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to...
UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit
A group of UN independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to ensure equal access to...
The international community must stay focused on achieving justice and peace for the people of Darfur, the outgoing Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen