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Accountability

Latin America’s most corrupt countries – a roll call

Data collected by Transparency International looks at bribery, the diversion of public funds, officials using their office for private gain, conflicts of interest and...

Inter Press Service - 19 February 2022

Children

Babies can tell who has close relationships based on one clue: saliva

Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study. Anne Trafton | MIT News...

OWSA Contributor - 19 February 2022

Civil society

When the fate of half our planet is being discussed, it’s too important to shut out civil society

Over 100 governments claim to back ocean protection and almost five million people globally are demanding urgent action to tackle the ocean crisis. But...

Inter Press Service - 19 February 2022

Governance

Global trade likely to be subdued in 2022, after record $28.5 trillion in 2021

Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global...

OWSA Staff - 18 February 2022

Animals and wildlife

Noise pollution, wildfires and disruptive timing of life cycles looming environmental threats: UN report

The Frontiers Report speaks of a ‘triple planetary crisis’ comprising of urban noise, wildfires and disturbed biological life cycle timings among other looming environmental...

OWSA Staff - 18 February 2022

E-governance

What will a UNDP digital strategy to achieve the SDGs look like?

Aimed at ensuring an equitable digital future and with the experience of managing a range of development solutions from communities of practice, UNDP announced...

OWSA Staff - 17 February 2022

Agriculture

Peasants marginalized by big farmers

Changing inequalities in farmland ownership and cultivation have reduced the smallholder or peasant share of food production. ‘Land grabs’, new laws and policies have...

Inter Press Service - 17 February 2022

Civil society

Nation state or state-sponsored group behind ICRC cyber-attack?

A month has passed since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) determined that servers hosting personal data belonging to more than 515,000...

OWSA Staff - 16 February 2022

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