UN Agencies Call to Commit to Transforming Education in Crises
United Nations, Sep 20 (IPS) – Refugee youth advocate, Mary Maker, called on UN member states to honor their commitments to transform education from...
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Why Are Politicians Able to Read – and Understand – Some Texts and Not Others?
MADRID, Sep 20 (IPS) – Day after day, the world’s scientific community, based on solid investigations, elaborates dozens of studies identifying the causes of...
With people from all points of the globe crying out for relief and hope, international action on major challenges – from climate to conflict...
Pakistan floods: Six month wait for water to recede, warn relief agencies
Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding which “is not going anywhere”, UN relief agencies said on Tuesday. Read...
Inflation Targeting Farce: High Costs, Moot Benefits
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 20 (IPS) – Policymakers have become obsessed with achieving low inflation. Many central banks adopt inflation targeting (IT) monetary...
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (IPS) – When world leaders, numbering over 150, make their annual political pilgrimage to address the General Assembly in the...
Marking one year since Afghanistan’s de facto rulers decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief António Guterres has urged the...
UN spotlights transformational potential of family farming for world food supply
A Global Forum highlighting the UN’s Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) got underway on Monday, aimed at identifying priority policies to boost support for...
Education transformation needed for ‘inclusive, just and peaceful world’ – UN chief
Education has been Secretary-General António Guterres’ “guide and touchstone,” he said on Monday, the final day of the Transforming Education Summit, warning that it...
Rescuing the SDGs: General Assembly highlights ‘world’s to-do list’
The UN Secretary-General and the President of the 77TH General Assembly joined world leaders and Goodwill Ambassadors on Monday in a global call to...
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