UNHCR Warns Of Worsening Displacement In Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Release Date:
10/24/2017
International/Foreign Affairs
Ebola’s Legacy: Children With Cataracts
Release Date:
10/23/2017
U.N. Commissioner Wants U.S. To Show Leadership On Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
10/23/2017
Guatemala’s Changing Climate is Forcing Families to Leave Their Homes
Release Date:
10/17/2017
U.S. Slashes Funds For Family Planning In Madagascar
Release Date:
10/16/2017
Under the policy, foreign aid groups are barred from getting U.S. funding if they perform or actively support abortion anywhere in the world.
World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions
Release Date:
10/13/2017
The World Bank announced Wednesday that in response to the “violence, destruction and forced displacement of the Rohingya,” it will delay the release of a $200 million loan planned for Myanmar.
Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid
Release Date:
10/12/2017
The critical component of any group anywhere in the world winning the Hilton Humanitarian Prize is that it must have made “extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering,” often at great risk and hardship to the organization’s...
Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A new report by international experts draws significant linkages between industrial food and farming practices and many of the “severest health conditions afflicting populations around the world,” from respiratory diseases to a range of cancers and...
UN Moves To Blacklist Saudi Coalition For Violations Against Children In Yemen
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen has been included in a draft version of the UN’s annual blacklist for grave violations against children in conflict.
Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State, and to promptly...
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