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Poverty Eradication
02 November 2015 | Poverty Eradication
As of 1 January 2016, countries, like big vessels, will begin sailing towards this new development north from different harbors. But how will they calibrate their ‘navigation instruments’ to set their course?
The 2030 Agenda is very clear in this…
02 November 2015 | Poverty Eradication
The African Economic Conference will be held in Kinshasa, Congo on November 2, 2015 to November 4, 2015.
The theme for the 2015 African Economic Conference (AEC) is Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda. As outlined…
30 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication
Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities told the UN General Assembly that States should make their social protection systems more inclusive for persons with disabilities, rather than pursuing…
27 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Women
According to The World's Women 2015 report, the lives of women and girls around the world have improved in several areas over the last 20 years but they continue to be victims of gender based discrimination and violence.
This report brings into…
27 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Women
According to The World's Women 2015 report, the lives of women and girls around the world have improved in several areas over the last 20 years but they continue to be victims of gender based discrimination and violence.
This report brings into…
27 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Women
According to The World's Women 2015 report, the lives of women and girls around the world have improved in several areas over the last 20 years but they continue to be victims of gender based discrimination and violence.
This report brings into…
27 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication
The world community needs to focus greater attention on the excluded and marginalized members of the human family, the United Nations Secretary-General has said.
The UN estimates that globally more than 900 million people continue to live in…
26 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication
Ghana’s strong economic growth in the past two decades helped cut the country’s poverty rate in half, from 52.6% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2012. This is based on Ghana’s national poverty line. But according to the newly released “Poverty Reduction…
23 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Women
Recently, WHO, together with partner organizations, launched the “Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health” which, for the first time, recognizes that the world must meet adolescent girls’ unique health challenges. If we fail…
23 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Women
Recently, WHO, together with partner organizations, launched the “Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health” which, for the first time, recognizes that the world must meet adolescent girls’ unique health challenges. If we fail…
23 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Women
Recently, WHO, together with partner organizations, launched the “Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health” which, for the first time, recognizes that the world must meet adolescent girls’ unique health challenges. If we fail…
21 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
On behalf of the World Food Programme, thank you for being enthusiastic about our work to deliver more food to hungry children and their families.
Give your first gift of nutritious food. Together we’re building a world with zero hunger!
When you…