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- When Ethnic Violence Turns Women Against Women
For Kikim*, it was the ides of May, instead of March, that was, in one sense, her undoing. She was looking forward to welcoming her baby, her first. But life took an unexpected turn, and things changed within a split second. That evening she was cooking soup when she saw… Read more » - Pioneering Sustainable Energy Solutions in Africa
The 12th Sankalp Africa Summit, held on Feb 26-27 in Nairobi, brought together a pivotal cohort of start-up innovators, investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers to accelerate the innovation needed to enhance Africa’s energy transition. The summit ignited lively discussions on harnessing entrepreneurial talent to address Africa’s most pressing challenges, including food… Read more » - Funding Disruptions Are a Systemic Failure – Philanthropy Must Do What’s Right and Support Local Leadership
The slashing of US aid funding by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and cuts or planned cuts in international support by several European states, threaten to cut off the oxygen supply to a civil society already in a critical condition. At CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, activists and grassroots… Read more » - The United States Confronts the Demographic Piper
As the United States confronts the unflinching demographic piper with the stark facts of reality, the new administration and Congress are denying, disengaging and dismantling. Across virtually every demographic dimension, including population growth, fertility, mortality, morbidity, longevity, immigration, asylum, composition, ethnicity and ageing, the new US administration is repudiating, reframing… Read more » - Papua New Guinea: Years of Environmental Clean Up Ahead Following New Report on Abandoned Bougainville Mine
Local communities are finally witnessing progress in their mission for justice, 36 years after the Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Region of Bougainville became the centre of landowner grievances about environmental damage. The release of the first independent environmental and social impact assessment of the mine, once… Read more » - WTO: Standing Tall as the Winds Howl
Winds are also changing in trade policy. As they get rougher and more unpredictable, the much-criticised multilateral trade regime of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has so far proved surprisingly resilient. Paradoxically, Donald Trump’s tariff policy could actually strengthen the WTO. The new US administration is lashing out at dizzying… Read more » - UN Chief’s Ramadan Solidarity Visit Revives Rohingya Refugees Hope
When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appeared before the Rohingya refugees wearing a traditional white panjabi, a costume of Muslims, to join an iftar party in Ukhiya refugee camp, thousands who had gathered waved to welcome him. Seeing such solidarity from the Guterres for their long plight, many Rohingya people,… Read more » - Trump, Democracy and the U.S. Constitution
In these turbulent and sad times, it is hard to keep quiet about abuses and violations of human rights taking place around the world; in eastern DR Congo, South Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. Among the most egregious examples of incomprehensible stances on such abuses is the behaviour displayed by the… Read more » - Is UN in Danger of Losing its Battle for Gender Equality?
The Trump administration’s decision to abandon DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion— which was aimed at promoting fair treatment in the work place, is having its repercussions at the United Nations. The US has been exerting pressure on UN agencies to drop DEI largely protecting minority groups, and women in particular, who… Read more » - Our Investment in School Meals is Our Investment in Education
Statement of International School Meals Day by Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif Read more »
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