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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Govt urged to harmonise policies, laws governing land
A recent Oxfam report on women and land said there was need to close the gaps in the legal framework to ensure women are empowered in land ownership because despite women making up 70% of the rural population,
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Mercury monitoring in women of child-bearing age in Asia and the Pacific Region
A new study, supported by the Minamata Convention’s Interim Secretariat hosted by UN Environment, reveals that women of childbearing age living in four Pacific Island countries have elevated levels of
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India- national policies and global commitments: renewable energy, equitable growth, and gender equality
The Indian government's submission to the G20 claims, in a wholesale manner, that its policies are in sync with the SDG 2030 Agenda. Given India's diversity and size, virtually all SDGs are highly relevant
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World Bank and Kenya to partner to improve maternal health
Kenya and the World Bank will partner to roll out a project to improve maternal, child and adolescent health, Kenyan officials said on Thursday. The five-year Transforming Health System for Universal
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Gender Ministry Launches Girls Ebola Recovery Support Project
Monrovia - Foreign Affairs Minister Marjon Kamara has encouraged adolescent girls to make use of opportunities, adding that issues of women and girls empowerment is close to her heart. Report by Bettie
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Health Setu launched for 10k villages
The state government has announced a programme - the Health Setu - to provide free medical treatemen in 10,000 villages across the state twice a week. Officials in the state health department said these
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding advertisement in any manner including internet providing information on pre-natal determination, India, 13/04/2017
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Sabu Mathew George Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/04/2017 regarding advertisement in any manner including internet providing information
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An investment framework for nutrition: reaching the global targets for stunting, anemia, breastfeeding, and wasting
The report estimates the costs, impacts and financing scenarios to achieve the World Health Assembly global nutrition targets for stunting, anemia in women, exclusive breastfeeding and the scaling up of
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Fes to Host 2nd Annual of Terroir Symposium for Climate Change
Rabat – The city of Fes will host the 2nd annual of Symposium Terroir, which will take place on April 8 at Palais Medina and the SPA hotel. The symposium will provide attendees with the opportunity
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Greater Accra tops in maternal deaths- GHS
The Greater Accra Region records more maternal deaths than any other region in the country, with bleeding and hypertension being the leading causes, the Ghana Health (GHS), has said. Last year (2016),