COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
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Grim predictions
India ranks a dismal 134 among 187 countries in terms of human development index in the UNDP's latest Human Development Report. BEGGING ON A busy street in Mumbai. According to the HDR, ending absolute
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Bangladesh sixth most vulnerable
IN the recently published 2011 Global Assessment Report by the UNDP, Bangladesh was found to be one of the countries 'most vulnerable' to disasters. Bangladesh is the sixth among countries that are 'most
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Maldives at the forefront of ozone layer protection and achieving carbon neutrality
Government of the Maldives showcased its success story in ozone protection and achieving carbon neutrality in a side event organized by the Ministry of Housing and Environment of Maldives in cooperation
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HIV drives families into ‘irreversible poverty’: UN
Tens of thousands of HIV-affected households in Asia are facing ‘irreversible poverty’ because of the cost of living with the disease, with women and children hardest hit, a UN report said Thursday.
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Empowering lives through Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Since the inception of MGNREGA in 2005, UNDP has supported the Government of India (GoI) to enable a transparent, accountable and efficient implementation of the Act through ICT innovations, monitoring
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Durban diplomacy: Nations may battle to break climate gridlock
Durban is all set to be the new venue for climate diplomacy, as leaders, negotiators and experts across continents gather in that South African city of to cobble up a consensus on the future course of
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Time to stop celebrating the polluters
The United Nations must include sustainability in its quality-of-life index to encourage countries to develop responsibly, says Chuluun Togtokh.
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Climate change imperils global prosperity, UN warns
A new report from the United Nations Development Program warns that if drastic measures are not taken to prepare nations for the impacts of climate change, the economic progress of the world's developing
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Gender gap divides India from the rest
For a country making strides as an emerging economic power, gender inequality remains an area where it compares poorly with the rest of the world. India is placed 129th among 146 countries in terms of
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Ramesh slams Modi over poor social indicators
New Delhi: Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh found an occasion for Modi-bashing at the release of UNDP’s Human Development Index report, 2011, on Wednesday, saying there had been “retrogression”