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COVID-19 sets MENA back on poverty
Globally, poverty has been decreasing since the early 1990s, but a slowdown in the rate of decline in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was observed even before the pandemic hit. In fact, MENA has been the only region to experience rising levels of poverty...
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Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears
Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, strongly condemned recent Taliban decrees that have further eroded the rights of Afghan women. However, she also urged the international community to preserve “whatever...
In Ukraine, Guterres pledges to keep seeking ‘solutions and a just peace’
António Guterres expressed “deep solidarity” with all of those who have become victims of the full-scale Russian invasion of February...
The Business Case for Adaptation Finance of “Brain Trust”
1 By Dr. Dalia A. Kader, Chief Sustainability Officer, Commercial International Bank, and Chair, Sustainable Finance Committee, Federation of Egyptian...
This Women’s Day, celebrate Anganwadi workers, the unsung nutrition heroes
"Rice alone is not enough; we need vegetables and pulses to cook with it....
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Opening remarks of Karen Mapusua, Director of the Land Resources Division at SPC, during the Eighth Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Meeting
This initiative will play an increasing role in our food-secure future, and it will...
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