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Christmas jumper day goes green to cut down on plastic waste
Published: 7/12/2019Save the Children urges people taking part in its charity event to source sweaters through clothes swaps and vintage shops Save the Children is calling on people to hold clothes swaps and scour vintag ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
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Historic vote today: Starvation is a war crime in all armed conflicts.
Published: 6/12/2019Today, states gathered in the Hague, at the 18th Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court made a historic decision: they voted unanimously to make starvation a ... Read moreSource: sites.tufts.edu -
Starvation: Vital Amendment to the Rome Statute Unanimously Passes
Published: 6/12/2019WPF is thrilled to announce that that Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court has unanimously amended the Rome Statute to include the war-crime of starvation in a non-internation ... Read moreSource: sites.tufts.edu
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Nepal makes first 'period hut' arrest after woman dies during banned custom
Published: 6/12/2019Police apprehend brother-in-law of Parwati Budha Rawat after 21-year-old is found dead in windowless hut in Accham district A 21-year-old woman has died after spending three nights in an outdoor “peri ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
'This place used to be green': the brutal impact of oil in the Niger Delta
Published: 6/12/2019Bayelsa state once offered rich pickings for farmers and fisherman. Then oil companies arrived and wrought an environmental catastrophe • All photographs by Arteh Odjidja, whose work features in the e ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
UN peacekeepers intervene after violent clashes in South Sudan
Published: 6/12/2019Nepalese blue helmets deployed in Lakes state after 79 people die in fighting between Gak and Manuer communities UN peacekeepers have been sent to South Sudan’s northern Lakes region after a series of ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com
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Reimagining adaptation: Opportunities to manage risk and build resilience in an interconnected world
Published: 6/12/2019What are the key considerations for a future world where climate adaptation transcends borders? Read moreSource: odi.org.uk -
UK General Election 2019: putting sustainable development centre-stage
Published: 6/12/2019The key takeaways from what UK party manifestos have to say about development spending, climate, health and education, and human rights and equality. Read moreSource: odi.org.uk -
The untold story of water in climate adaptation. II. 15 countries speak
Published: 6/12/2019Joint ODI/GWP report assessing 15 countries' progress on building resilience and achieving development goals through water resources management. Read moreSource: odi.org.uk
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142,000 died from measles last year, WHO estimates
Published: 5/12/2019Number of cases reported so far this year is three times higher than at same stage in 2018 The worldwide surge in deadly measles outbreaks is showing no sign of abating, with nearly 10 million cases a ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
Dozens killed as migrant boat sinks off Mauritania coast
Published: 5/12/2019Vessel left the Gambia last week and had been carrying at least 150 people Dozens of people have died after a boat carrying refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania, in one of the de ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
‘I feel constant pain’: drug resistance adds to misery of Gaza gun victims
Published: 5/12/2019The suffering of people wounded in conflict zones is being compounded by what doctors say are ‘horrifying levels’ of antibiotic resistance When Jihad Nasser arrived at al-Awda trauma clinic in Gaza, h ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com
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Record rise in attacks on healthcare workers leaves 'millions at risk' – UN
Published: 5/12/2019Increase in violent conflict combined with effects of climate crisis make outlook bleak for world’s poorest people, says report Attacks on healthcare workers have reached a record high according to a ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
Killers lurk in the shadows as Haiti chaos takes a sinister turn
Published: 5/12/2019Mired in poverty, corruption and violent unrest, Haiti faces a fresh problem in the form of paid gunmen out to settle scores At the barricaded junction next to the international airport in the Haitian ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
Japanese aid chief among six dead in Afghanistan attack
Published: 4/12/2019Japanese prime minister among those to pay tribute after Tetsu Nakamura is killed in deadly ambush on car The head of a Japanese aid agency and five other people have been killed in an ambush in easte ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com
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Making waves: Dadaab refugee camp’s only female radio journalist
Published: 4/12/2019Exiled Somali Kamil Ahmed says her job at Gargaar FM is more important than ever as the threat of closure hangs over the camp Sitting in a small shipping container, Kamil Ahmed, 20, readies herself fo ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
The vote on Switzerland’s starvation amendment to be held this week at the 18th session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statue
Published: 4/12/2019Our partners in the Accountability for Mass Starvation project, Global Rights Compliance , are hosting an important event today regarding a possible amendment to the Rome Statute. More information is ... Read moreSource: sites.tufts.edu -
The 'qualifications passport' scheme breaking down barriers for migrants
Published: 4/12/2019Having their skills recognised is one of the main obstacles to employment faced by refugees in developed countries The armed rebels had first ransacked the hospital where Timothée* worked as a doctor. ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com
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Why ‘leave no one behind’ must be at the core of Pakistan’s skills development agenda
Published: 4/12/2019There are many challenges facing skills development in Pakistan, but a 'leave no one behind' framing helps identify five disadvantaged groups to target. Read moreSource: odi.org.uk -
Two priorities to overcome polarisation and revitalise democracy
Published: 4/12/2019With civil unrest and populism rife across the developing and developed world, democracies need to deliver on inclusion and equality. Read moreSource: odi.org.uk -
Egypt and Sudan in talks to defuse tensions over Ethiopian dam
Published: 3/12/2019Nile basin countries fear for their future water supplies as the Grand Renaissance hydroelectric project reaches completion A new round of high-level talks has started in Cairo between three Nile basi ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com