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PNG’s role in facilitating climate change dialogue
The Government of Papua New Guinea has vowed to use its hosting status of the 2018 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to put climate change at the forefront of the regional agenda.
New technology could help 230 million 'ghost' children
A tech start up has a massive task: to register all newborn babies digitally. iCivil Africa has developed a birth certificate system involving a smartphone, a bracelet & encoded text messages.
'Illegal and primitive': Pakistan expels foreign aid groups in droves
The Pakistani government has ordered a number of foreign charities and rights groups to close down their operations and leave the country by the end of January.
Thousands in DR Congo’s restive Kasais to benefit from UN food and nutrition efforts, but challenges remain
As conflict-related famine persists in the Congo, the United Nations are stepping up their response to assist more than 100,000 people.
2017 in Human Rights News
Throughout 2017, Human Rights Watch reported on multiple crises and abuses around the world. From Russia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burma to the US, this is what you were reading in 2017.
Opinion: We cannot wait another 1,000 days to help Yemen
The people of Yemen have suffered for 1,000 days. It’s time to stop oversimplifying this war as “the next Syria.”
Insight: Rebuilding Timor-Leste
Significant challenges remain after independence from Indonesia's brutal occupation but there are efforts to diversify the economy and young people are trying to put their traumatic past behind them.
Toilet marketing campaigns in developing countries erode people’s dignity – this is not acceptable
One of the UN’s SDGs is for everyone to have safe sanitation by 2030, which is expected to improve physical and psychosocial well-being worldwide. But how do we achieve this?
Turning plastic pollution into income creation
It was a sad encounter with a dying turtle in 1992 that was the inspiration for an innovative way to reduce plastic pollution and create income for small communities.
Can blockchain ensure Unilever's tea farmers produce a fairer brew?
Imagine being able to trace the exact origins of your cup of tea: where and how it was made, whether organic soil was used and if the workers were treated fairly.
