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Disaster Management

Disease Sweeping Through Gaza’s Refugee Camps

85 per cent of people in Gaza are now displaced and doctors are reporting hundreds of thousands of cases of Hepatitis A. Concerns are...

SciDevNet - 9 February 2024

Child Rights

Guterres: End ‘Abhorrent Practice’ of Female Genital Mutilation

Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday, appealing for action to stamp out...

OWSA Contributor - 7 February 2024

Clean tech

Road to COP29: Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a 43 percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, per estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Inter Press Service - 6 February 2024

Climate change

Snow Tales: ‘Too Little, Too Late,’ Say Climate Experts

Whether the late snow in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region is an anomaly or an indication of the impacts of climate change, which brings erratic and...

Inter Press Service - 30 January 2024

Food Security

Gaza: ‘Simply Not Enough Food’ to go Around, Warn UN Humanitarians

Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as the...

OWSA Contributor - 30 January 2024

News

New Model Predicts How Shoe Properties Affect a Runner’s Performance

Developed by MIT engineers, the model could be a tool for designers looking to innovate in sneaker design. Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office A good shoe can...

OWSA Contributor - 29 January 2024

Accountability

PPPs’ Private Gain at Public Expense

PPPs are often not on official government books or accountable to legislatures. PPPs thus often avoid transparency and accountability, invoking the excuse of private...

Inter Press Service - 25 January 2024

Child Rights

Two Mothers Killed Each Hour in Gaza Conflict: UN Women

Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war in Gaza, with two mothers killed every hour since...

OWSA Contributor - 25 January 2024

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