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Guterres in Ukraine: War is ‘evil’ and unacceptable, calls for justice
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited sites of suspected war crimes in Ukraine on Thursday, where he condemned the “evil” acts committed against civilians and urged criminal accountability.
Landmark UN Report Issues Stark call for Sustainable Land Management to Save Human Health
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Apr 27 (IPS) - With 50% of humanity affected by land degradation, the world must move to a ‘crisis footing’ to conserve, restore and use land resources sustainably, a major UN report has said.
Two Months after the Start of the War, Food Insecurity Continues to Grow
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) - Two months after the start of the war, on 24 February, the data on the substantial increase in the cost of food products, the rise in prices and shortages of fertilizers, the destruction of land and plantations in Ukraine, the sanctions, the difficulties with the transport of cereals from the world’s main granary, represented by Russia and Ukraine, and the massive migrations, especially from rural areas, are just a few aspects that confirm the pessimism that had been generated after the outbreak of the conflict.
Big Business Depletes Nature, Big Business Supplants Naturewith Synthetic Food
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 27 (IPS) - In case you were not aware, please know that humanity used to cultivate more than 6.000 plant species for food, but now instead fewer than 200 of these species make major contributions to food production. Out of these, only 9% account for 66% of total crop production.
Human rights: Belarus journalists win World Press Freedom Prize
- UN News
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year‘s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the international jury‘s recommendation.
Sustaining peace, more important, but ‘more complex’ than ever, as wars rage
- UN News
Keeping the peace has become more important but also more complex in a world of proliferating conflicts, that are becoming more “intertwined”, the UN’s policy chief told a high-level meeting of the General Assembly spotlighting financing for peacebuilding on Wednesday.
Boosting Food Security and Education in Schools in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
"I like lettuce, but not tomatoes and cucumbers," said nine-year-old Paulo Henrique da Silva de Jesus, a third grader at the João Baptista Caffaro Municipal School in the southeastern Brazilian city of Itaboraí.
Digital Mentorship: The Key to Women's Labour Force Participation in India?
- Inter Press Service
BENGALURU, India, Apr 27 (IPS) - Today, approximately 19 million young women are accessing post-secondary or tertiary education in India. Yet, such education has not translated into expected gains in female labour force participation. Only 34 percent of women in India with post-secondary education are active in the labour force, compared to 81 percent of men.
Girls’ performance in maths ‘starting to add up to boys’, says UNESCO
- UN News
The UN published promising news in the global fight for gender equality and opportunity on Wednesday, showing that when it comes to mathematics, girls are now performing as strongly as boys in the classroom – although there are plenty of barriers holding them back.
Democracy Loses Its Glow for South Africans Amid Persistent Inequality
- Inter Press Service
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Apr 27 (IPS) - South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better through equality of opportunities. This hasn’t happened.
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