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Released today, new research reveals that the world’s poorest people are increasingly caught at the intersection of multidimensional poverty and climate risk, a transformation that threatens to…
Ahead of the #SocialSummit2025, Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development…
The 17th of October marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The day underscores that ending poverty goes beyond income, and is also about dignity, justice, and belonging. This…
When she was 16 years old, Anaís Quispe Yucra stopped attending school regularly after her mother and younger sister moved away from their home in Lauramarca, Peru to a larger town for work.“I…
Moroccan native Fatima Laanieg always hoped to open her own grocery store, dreaming of having stake over her own independence while still giving her family financial structure. Where she once relied…
October 16th marks the World Food Day, a day promoting worldwide awareness of hunger and promoting action for the future of food, people and the planet. Ahead of the day, the Food and Agriculture…
President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Annalena Baerbock has issued an invitation for Member States and stakeholders to register new initiatives, partnerships, and solutions with the Secretariat…
Achieving gender equality is not only a pressing moral demand, but also essential to eradicating poverty, ending hunger, and addressing climate change. Rural women, who produce nearly half of the…
The United Nations Committee for Development Policy’s Beyond GDP background paper (No. 60, 2025), written by Sabina Alkire, Maya Evans, and James Foster, presents a transformative vision for how…
More than eight per cent of the world’s population, or about 673 million people, are not getting enough to eat, according to the United Nations. Even though there is enough food to feed more than…
The world is at a crossroads: technology, climate change, and demographic shifts are transforming the future of work. These shifts bring risks, but also opportunities built on fairness, respect…
This #WorldFoodDay (16 October), we call for united global action to build a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure future. This is an achievable goal: one that depends on our collective…
UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital’s enduring association with the fight for women’s rights and gender equality, 30 years on from the adoption of the…
By 2030, the world is expected to face 560 disasters a year, more than one every day.The cost has amounted to over $200 billion annually in direct damages, and more than $2.3 trillion when accounting…
Across much of Africa, where formal social protection systems remain constrained, communities have long relied on informal, homegrown mechanisms to confront vulnerability. The UNDP’s “Community-Based…
This year’s World Food Day marks the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), renewing the call for global collaboration to build a peaceful, sustainable…