World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Women empowerment is a public health imperative: WHO
‘Gender-based prejudice has grave impact on well-being’ In the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia region and beyond, more than half the population — women — faces what is often egregious
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Doc fights malnutrition with green fingers
When he is not attending to patients, Dr V Soundarrajan, the head of a primary health centre in Seruvaviduthi village near Peravurani in Thanjavur district, would be seen clearing the ground, sowing seeds
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World employment and social outlook: trends for women 2018 – global snapshot
The past 20 years have witnessed some progress for women in the world of work and in terms of gender equality in society. Today, more women than ever before are both educated and participating in the labour
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Egyptian women turn waste into "treasure" by recycling garbage
While passers-by try to avoid the bad smells of tons of piled-up garbage at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser slum in the capital Cairo, some women are working here to turn the waste into beautiful
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Better leadership, better world: women leading for the global goals
Women’s leadership in business is critical to driving significant economic opportunities and driving better performance, as well as broader, long-term benefits for society and the environment, according
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Gender differences in poverty and household composition through the life-cycle: a global perspective
This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to look at gender differences in poverty in the developing world. In the absence of individual-level poverty data, the paper looks at what can we learn
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A fair share for women: toward more equitable land compensation and resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique
A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique finds that, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality, governments in Tanzania and
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Using natural areas and empowering women to buffer food security and nutrition from climate shocks: evidence from Ghana, Zambia, and Bangladesh
As climate change makes precipitation shocks more common, policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in protecting food systems and nutrition outcomes from the damaging effects of droughts and floods.
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Generating employment and increasing income in agricultural value chains and thereby fostering food security: case studies of rice and cotton in Benin and Senegal
In this paper, use a case study approach to investigate the patterns of employment and income generation in cotton and rice value chains in Senegal and Benin. The purpose of the paper is to provide a comprehensive
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The widening gaps: India inequality report 2018
Inequality in India is real and has been rising sharply for the last three decades as an unfortunate legacy of the lopsided policy choices made by successive governments, Oxfam India said as it published