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
Women
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Tanzania Human Rights Report 2016
Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has been documenting human rights situation in Tanzania and producing the Tanzania Human Rights Report since 2002. In the preparation and production of this report
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Starting with people: a human economy approach to inclusive growth in Africa
High levels of inequality across Africa have prevented much of the benefits of recent growth from reaching the continent’s poorest people. To combat inequality in Africa, political and business leaders
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Firewood smoke kills over 93,000 people annually, says NGO
Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) have revealed that over 93,000 persons in the country, particularly women, die every year due to smoke inhalation, while cooking with firewood. The Women’s Initiative for
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Understanding social equity and sustainability interactions in the Sustainable Development Goals: Gender differences in food security
This discussion brief examines interactions between the SDGs on food security and gender equality, aiming to identify potential conflicts as well as opportunities to advance both goals simultaneously.
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Indicators on gender, poverty, the environment and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals in African countries
This is the eighteenth volume of Gender, Poverty, Environmental Indicators and Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals in African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African
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Trends in nutrition outcomes, determinants, and interventions in India (2006–2016)
This report aims to provide a general overview of national trends and of state-level variability in nutrition outcomes, determinants, and intervention coverage, thus helping to identify areas of progress
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Menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls in a resettlement colony of Delhi: a cross-sectional study
<p>Menarche is an important milestone in the life of a girl which signifies the onset of fertility in a woman. To understand the health consequences and importance of menstrual hygiene practices among
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As farms dry up, Kenyan women switch to clean energy businesses
Perched on a stool in a tin shed, Nyawira Njau carefully lines the top of a dozen cookstoves with aluminium foil. A call on her mobile interrupts her concentration, and she answers with one word: "Tomorrow".
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Indigenous peoples and climate change: from victims to change agents through decent work
ILO report says indigenous peoples are key to the success of policies combating climate change. A new ILO report, Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: From Victims to Change Agents through Decent Work,
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Social accountability initiatives in health and nutrition: lessons from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
South Asia is home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population and is a region of dynamic economic growth, yet it performs relatively poorly on health and nutrition indicators. As a potential route towards