On February 4, representatives from governments and UN agencies will meet in London to agree how to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of people affected by the war in Syria, including out of school children
We know that poverty often pushes children to work, yet when children leave school early to enter the labor force they are more likely to end up in occupations that limit their chances of breaking out of poverty.
It wasn’t too long ago when Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao was still on her way to becoming Vietnam’s first female billionaire. Now, the 46-year-old CEO of budget airline VietJet has $1.7 billion, making her the only billionaire woman in Southeast Asia...
Time flies when you’re having fun – especially when you’re working to make a positive difference too. That’s certainly the case with the Ocean Elders, which has now been championing ocean conservation causes for five years.
As we approach the UN Sustainable Development Summit, when world leaders will come together to adopt a new global development agenda, it is critically important that we keep what is at stake firmly in sight. A central issue like hunger, which is a...
The piece highlights how having a sound fecal sludge management system is of utmost importance in densely populated areas, where most residents are often not connected to conventional sewer networks. Madhu says, “based on the data culled by the...