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09 January 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
Recent school closures in Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zour governorates and parts of rural Aleppo in Syria have disrupted the education of some 670,000 children of primary and lower-high school age, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Marion Sesay gossiped with her two work colleagues while they waited in the shade of a local money handler for their names to be called.
She and her friends, nurses at a nearby hospital, are entitled to hazard pay, an extra bit of money every two…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
MY World survey participants have voted for six out of 16 issues which are most important to them and their families – from better health care to clean water and sanitation, to freedom from discrimination. Their votes represent the hopes and dreams…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
“Youth employment is a top priority for many countries” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder during the talkshow organized in the context of the activities of the Asia and Pacific Youth Network of the ILO (APYouthNet). During the discussion, Mr Ryder…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Natural and human-induced hazards strongly affect vulnerable populations, especially the urban poor. These hazards, along with the effects of climate change, are posing unprecedented challenges to cities and human settlements, and they are a…
16 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
A prolonged drought is threatening to leave over two million people without enough food in Central America, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The agency says that thousands of cattle have died, and warns…
13 November 2014 | Cooperatives, Poverty Eradication
In many developing countries, lack of access to financial services as well as high transaction costs often pose significant challenges to people living in poverty.
With the international community set to define a post-2015 development framework for…
13 November 2014 | Cooperatives, Poverty Eradication
In many developing countries, lack of access to financial services as well as high transaction costs often pose significant challenges to people living in poverty.
With the international community set to define a post-2015 development framework for…
12 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The World Food Programme (WFP) says that the Ebola outbreak has bumped up food prices and forced families to cope by eating fewer meals and smaller portions.
Agency spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs announced the findings from the agency's latest text…
07 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee has to address a wide range of important topics related to economic growth and development this fall. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the Chair of the Committee, sat down with DESA News for an exclusive…
07 November 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Over a million people in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have received food aid by the World Food Programme (WFP). The agency is ramping up services to the whole humanitarian effort in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.…
30 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
World Cities Day 2014 will be celebrated on 31 October in Shanghai, China, in an event hosted by Shanghai’s Municipal People’s Government. The theme for this year’s celebration is Leading Urban Transformations.
Urbanization has become an inevitable…