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Poverty Alleviation

Agriculture policy

Food Banks are Early Warning Systems for Emerging Food Crises, But also a Key Solution

Recent feedback from food bank leaders all over the world already echoes the reality ahead. Food banks are reporting decreases in product donations of...

Inter Press Service - 29 May 2022

Accountability

Weathering a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Cascading Crises

All countries must work together to curb rising food and energy prices that have been spurred on by the war in Ukraine, making sure...

OWSA Contributor - 28 May 2022

Agriculture

One-Time Boost With Cow, Cash Eases Poverty, Says Study

Transfer of assets such as cows to rural Bangladeshi households can help them rise from poverty, according to a study that says that details...

SciDevNet - 28 May 2022

Child Rights

Reclaiming Our Future

As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...

Inter Press Service - 25 May 2022

Civil society

Human Rights Must Be At Heart Of Solution To Sri Lanka Crisis

The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no signs of ending any time soon, with the country’s newly installed Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe,...

OWSA Contributor - 24 May 2022

Accountability

COVID-19 Could Derail SDGs for Next Five Years, Says Report

The progress of SDGs was already lagging before the pandemic. Scientists have warned that COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action...

SciDevNet - 24 May 2022

Child Labour

Former Child Labourer, now Lawyer, Passes Light of Freedom to Others

“It’s very necessary because the leaders, the decision-makers, sometimes forget, sometimes neglect what they promised. They need to be reminded. And also, because the...

Inter Press Service - 20 May 2022

Agriculture

A Billion ‘Dryland-Like’ Hectares Under Threat, Says FAO Study

According to a report launched at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification COP15, presumed drylands are under threat from unsustainable use, such as overgrazing...

OWSA Contributor - 18 May 2022

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