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Fiji’s sovereign green bond
Fiji, which just presided over the international climate talks, COP23 in Bonn, is also the first emerging market in the world to launch a sovereign green bond, with the aim of raising FJ$100 million.
Suspended dengue vaccine was given to 730,000 children, Philippines says
An investigation into a potentially harmful denuge vaccine is a hard reminder to organisations and countries to do proper research and consider red flags before launching health programs.
Eminent speakers a drawcard for 800 international CSO actors
Tagged by civil society pundits as the biggest gathering of civil society actors in the world, International Civil Society Week 2017 is packed out with internationally renowned speakers and regional l...
How to engage a development-cynical audience: insights from Daily Mail readers
Research has revealed media stories about charities are by far the biggest driver of this trust deficit. Bond UK investigates the possibility of mitigating this with a special focus group: readers of ...
International Day of People with Disabilities: Include us
Globally, one billion people have a disability, and 80% live in developing countries. Women and girls with disabilities are disproportionately represented and are often the furthest left behind.
Colombia’s Venezuela problem
An imploding economy has driven almost half-a-million Venezuelans to live in Colombia. The influx is putting a massive strain on health and social services.
‘This is the world’s cheapest place to scrap ships’ – but in Chittagong, it’s people who pay the price
Thousands of workers have been killed or maimed dismantling the world’s ships in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. New legal action is needed, say environmentalists and unions.
What a Maldivian environmental conflict tells us about the role of donors
Providing funding without holding governments accountable for conflicting actions likely mitigates positive benefits of projects for the community,
UN considers sanctions to fight Libya slave trade
France's ambassador to the UN has urged the Security Council to impose sanctions on the people involved in Libya's slave trade of African refugees and migrants.
Montreal Conference Shows Power of Human Rights Education
GENEVA / MONTREAL (28 November 2017) – Human rights educators from over 50 countries will meet in Montreal from November 30 to look at ways governments, civil society organizations, academia and inter...
