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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App for Member of Parliaments’ to improve women’s healthcare in India
Delivery at a health facility improves the odds of a healthy outcome for both mother and baby. If quality care is not provided, those odds diminish. Quality of care – or lack thereof – also has an effect
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Drought-hit women forced to resort to eating less or selling sex for food, climate conference told
Women in Inhambane province are spending up to six hours a day in search of water, three times as much as before the drought, which was made worse by a strong El Niño climate pattern, according to research
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding search engines advertising/hosting pre-natal sex determination ads, 16/11/2016
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Sabu Mathew George Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/11/2016 regarding search engines advertising/hosting pre-natal sex determination ads.</p>
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding increase of female foeticide in India, 08/11/2016
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Voluntary Health Association of Punjab Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/11/2016 regarding increase of female foeticide and resultant imbalance
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The global gender gap report 2016
<p>India has been listed in 87th place in a global gender gap index study conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). India has gained 21 spots from 108th position in 2015 and overtook China (99) with improvements across Economic Participation and Opportunity and Educational Attainment.</p>
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Filling buckets, fueling change: ensuring gender-responsive climate change adaptation
This publication provides an in-depth analysis and study of gender-responsive adaptation approaches being implemented in six countries under the Canada-UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Facility. The study
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Monitoring global poverty: report of the Commission on Global Poverty
The World Bank’s Commission on Global Poverty has submitted recommendations on how to more comprehensively measure and monitor global poverty in support of the Bank Group’s goals of ending extreme poverty
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The influence of social network characteristics on peer clustering in smoking: A two-wave panel study of 19- and 23-year-old Swedes
<p>The strong association between the initiation of smoking and peer-group smoking during adolescence has prompted numerous studies to examine the possible causal links between individuals’ and peers’
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Reducing Phthalate, Paraben, and Phenol exposure from personal care products in adolescent girls: Findings from the HERMOSA Intervention Study
<p>Personal care products are a source of exposure to potentially endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, parabens, triclosan, and benzophenone-3 (BP-3) for adolescent girls.</p> <p><strong><a
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MDGs to Agenda 2063/SDGs Transition Report 2016: towards an integrated and coherent approach to sustainable development in Africa
This publication is the last in a series of MDG reports. It takes stock of Africa’s performance during the 15 year development campaign and reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with