Category: Global

The Connection Between Urbanization and Poverty: How Cities Can Reduce Poverty – Or Deepen It

UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) – Urbanization can help concentrate jobs, services, and investments; however, it can also concentrate unaffordable…

Outpacing Foreign Aid, Migrant Remittances Are a Lifeline Ensuring Families Are Fed and Healthy, Says IFAD

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 18 (IPS) – Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural…

WHO Launches New Global Health Strategy for Childhood Cancer Medications

UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) – When a child is diagnosed with cancer, their chances of survival should not depend…

Security Council LIVE: UN peacekeeping under pressure

UN peacekeepers have increasingly been sent into places where there is no peace to keep – under resourced, outgunned and…

‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis

Khalilur Rahman took the gavel as President of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session amid what he calls a crisis…

Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’

Over 1,000 cases of sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) in Ukraine have been documented from the…

Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible

For Benin, making progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has meant finding new ways to finance development.Read the…

Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has taken a disproportionate toll on women and…

Haiti: Child malnutrition crisis worsens amid escalating violence

Haiti is facing a worsening child malnutrition crisis, with an estimated 253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months projected to…

Nepal floods: ‘Apocalyptic’ destruction signals wider climate threat across Himalayas

The catastrophic flooding that swept away entire villages in northern Nepal could occur again in the country or elsewhere in…