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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Power and potential: a comparative analysis of national laws and regulations concerning women's rights to community forests
Up to 2.5 billion people hold and use the world’s community lands, yet the tenure rights of women—who comprise more than half the population of the world’s Indigenous Peoples and local communities—are
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Nigeria: EU to Spend €54 Million On Maternal, Newborn Health in Bauchi, Adamawa, Kebbi
Bauchi — The European Union (EU) will spend 54 million Euros to strengthen and promote primary healthcare, maternal and child health and newborn babies and reduce deaths associated with maternal and child
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ActionAid Launches Forestry Project to Empower Women
Mrs. Moore poses with invited representatives and other ActionAid officials shortly after the project was launched ActionAid-Liberia (AAL) in partnership with the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI)
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5 richest people can end extreme poverty in Nigeria, says OXFAM
The Inequality report released by Oxfam International on Wednesday, revealed that the combine wealth of five richest Nigerians, put at $29.9 billion, could end extreme poverty in the country. The report,
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Inequality in Nigeria – Exploring the drivers
Despite the prevailing recession Nigeria is still seen as Africa’s largest economy and one of the fastest-growing in the world. Yet, more than half of the Nigerian population still grapples with extreme
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Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies
Climate change is negatively affecting many regions of the world. The impact is more pronounced in regions with limited economic resources to adapt and highly reliant on natural resources. In East Africa,
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In drought-hit Niger, women’s savings could be route to resilience
TCHOURIDI, Niger, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Zeinabou Halidou cannot stop smiling and thumbing through a wad of banknotes as nearby several members of her village women's group operate machinery
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Maternal mortality: More women dying of blood pressure-induced convulsions, says report
Maternal mortality review data (2015-16) accessed by The Indian Express showed that maximum deaths (42 per cent) were of young mothers in age group 20-24 years. ACROSS the state, while fewer pregnant
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Kenya hopes to double maternity leave to boost mother and child health
Kenya will double maternity leave to six months from three if a bill before parliament is passed in a bid to boost the health of mothers and babies. But the new law has been opposed by employer groups
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Nigeria: Severe Bleeding Drug Could Save Lives of Mothers in Nigeria- Study
An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed to death after childbirth, a study published in The Lancet has revealed. According to