Guatemala’s Changing Climate is Forcing Families to Leave Their Homes
Release Date:
10/17/2017
International/Foreign Affairs
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...
Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Skepticism abounded when Phillip Morris International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The tobacco giant plans to donate about $80 million a year for 12 years to this new organization...
'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Just before Ramadan in late spring 2017, the full might of the Turkish state descended on a foreign aid agency in the border town of Gaziantep. Six different government agencies, among them the migration directorate and the gendarmerie, had come to...
Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The growing popularity of fried chicken and pizza in parts of Africa underscores how fast food is changing habits and expanding waistlines.
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