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31 March 2023 | Poverty Eradication
The UN 2023 Water Conference closed on Friday with the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect “humanity’s most precious global common good”.
The Agenda sets out a series of …
29 March 2023 | Poverty Eradication
This program is made possible by the financial support of IASSW, ICSW, IFSW, NASW, CSWE, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, Monmouth University School of Social Work and Rutgers University School of Social Work.
As we prepare to…
20 March 2023 | Poverty Eradication
The theme of the 2023 International Day of Forests is “Forests and Health”. This year’s celebration aims to highlight how forests sustain all aspects of our health, from cleaning our air and water to providing us with essential food, fuel, medicines…
01 July 2022 | Poverty Eradication
The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, is the planet’s largest biosphere, and is home to up to 80 percent of all life in the world. It generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and…
22 June 2022 | Poverty Eradication
To celebrate the 2022 United Nations Public Service Day, a virtual event will be held on the theme of “Building back better from COVID-19: Enhancing innovative partnerships to meet the Sustainable Development Goals”. Taking its lead from the 2022…
24 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labour force, or about 2 billion workers work in the informal economy. They are not recognized, registered, regulated or protected under labour legislation and social protection. The consequences can be…
24 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development probes the linkages between global population growth and the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. The report examines how the current rapid growth of the human…
14 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
Even citizens living in countries that enjoy some of the highest levels of good health, wealth, and education outcomes, are reporting even greater anxiety than a decade ago.
Apprehensive about the future
“Despite global wealth being higher than…
14 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
With the pandemic worsening the plight of those already experiencing multidimensional poverty, and pushing many more people into food insecurity and immiseration, countries must urgently strengthen social protections to ensure an inclusive recovery…
26 November 2021 | Poverty Eradication
Approximately three billion people, almost 40 per cent of the world’s population, cannot afford a healthy diet and another one billion people could join their ranks should further unpredictable events reduce incomes by one-third, the UN food agency…
26 November 2021 | Poverty Eradication
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated the social protection gap between countries with high and low income levels.
Despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion…
26 November 2021 | Poverty Eradication
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that poverty isn’t just about income. Within and across countries, poor and marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic in terms of infection rates, economic losses and access to…