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Sustainable Development

The United Nations Wants To Crush Extreme Poverty

Negotiators at the United Nations agreed Monday to a set of development goals that aim to end extreme poverty and hunger around the world in the next 15 years, while fighti...

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Health

Opinion: No more excuses — saving maternal and newborn lives

Each day, more than 800 mothers and 15,000 babies continue to die, mostly from preventable causes. The phrase “mostly from preventable causes” is restated in so...

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Bollywood

Nana Patekar urges students to contribute in nation building

Asserting that Kashmiri children should take part in development of India, veteran actor Nana Patekar said they must focus on education.

"I want to tell the childre...

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Human Rights

Human Rights Watch Submission To WHO High-Level Working Group On Health & Human Rights Of Women, Children & Adolescents

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the World Health Organization (WHO) High-level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children a...

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Thought Factory

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."


J.K. Rowling

 


Over the last one century or so, ordin...

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Thought Factory

Tired Hands, Weary Feet

‘Slavery is legally banned. But millions of India’s children live and work in slave labour conditions — bonded labour,...

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Environment

Climate Finance Dispute Prompts Bangladesh To Return £13m of UK AID

Millions of pounds of climate change aid to Bangladesh has been returned unspent to the British government following a long-running dispute over its delivery. Academics and...

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Alternative Entertainment

Here’s How School Craft Projects Of 5000 School Children Will Soon Benefit Underprivileged Kids

Art and crafts lessons in schools are considered very important to the psychological development of students. These classes allow children to unleash their creativity and m...

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Human Rights

No Mother Left Behind: How Conflict Exacerbates The Global Maternal Health Challenge

DOT-MOM No Mother Left Behind: How Conflict Exacerbates the Global Maternal Health Challenge November 7, 2016 By Nancy Chong AMISOM-clinic Since the end of World War II, th...

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Human Rights

Habitat Iii: How India Is Working Towards Building Liveable Cities

Indian urban planners, architects, activists and thinkers are working on interesting, though not widely known, projects in different parts of the country In the UN’s ...

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