Tag: poverty

Amina, from a rural village in Nigeria, was 13 when she was married to a wealthy man in his 50s who already ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for innovative drought financing mechanisms to help deal with ...

The dual crisis of malnutrition and learning loss is starving the minds of tomorrow. The numbers are staggering: in the ...

It’s 2023 — cars operate without petroleum, 90% of the world’s population has a cell phone, we don’t have to ...

Bangladesh, often held up as a model for poverty reduction, has influenced many poverty reduction initiatives around the world. In 2002, ...

The World Bank’s bi-annual “Global Economic Prospects” report, released Tuesday, forecasts a slowing of global growth for 2022 and 2023. ...

UNICEF’s new fictional mini-series, first released on YouTube on November 29, draws attention to child marriage, an issue that affects ...

Child prostitution in France took on the headlines this week after the Secretary of State, Adrien Taquet, told a press ...

For the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th, UN chief António Guterres described current poverty levels ...

Nestled in the heart of the Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest rainforest, lies the Republic of the Congo. A nation ...

The stop-deforestation campaigns have a broad range of targets. Depending on who’s talking and what action and reaction are sought ...

Introducing another week of Future Trends on Oct. 14, 2020 – tracking current global news stories that provide insight into ...