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Gender

How Are Girls Faring In The Sustainable Development Goals?

Progress is being made for adolescent girls in negotiations around the Sustainable Development Goals, but there are more opportunities to ensure girls are meaningfully and ...

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Sustainable Development

Where Youtube Meets The Farm

Half of the children in India are chronically malnourished. So imagine the potential benefits if there were a simple way to increase the milk production from cows by, say, ...

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Gender

Entrepreneurship Helps Delay Child Marriage In India, Empower Young Women

Impoverished girls in India who are at high risk of child marriage are gaining independence and generating income with the help of a Seattle-based non-profit. Landesa Rural...

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Environment

Climate Pressures Threaten Political Stability: Security Experts

But work now to protect food security, reshape water sharing agreements and cut risks from worsening weather disasters could play a huge role in reducing future conflict, r...

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Health

Focus Must Be On Children ‘Left Behind’, Says UN Study

The 11th edition of Progress for Children: Beyond Averages, a UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) report card on child-related Millennium ...

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Sustainable Development

How To Go About Skill Development In Rural India

With a meager 2.4 per cent of existent landmass, India has been a homeland for 17.5 per cent of total population of the globe. The distribution of Indian population is conc...

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Health

Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely To Reach Its Millennium Goals Target For Maternal Mortality

According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as ...

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Environment

New Research Warns Of Catastrophic Food Shortages Due To Unchecked Climate Change

New research supported by the United Kingdom?s Foreign Office and insurer Lloyd?s of London finds that, absent major changes, humanity risks a catastrophic collapse in its ...

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Hollywood

Lang Lang Wants Every Child To Get The Best Start In Life

United Nations Messenger of Peace and world renowned pianist, Lang Lang, added his voice to ensure every child has the best start in life and make early childhood developme...

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Sustainable Development

How Can Countries Finance The Sustainable Development Goals?

Countries will start a new chapter in their development this year with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Designed to replace the Millennium Developme...

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