Photo by Anthony Ingram The International Resource Panel, a group of experts in natural resource management hosted by the UN Environment, published a report earlier this month demonstrating how using our natural resources more efficiently would allow an annual economic benefit of up to $2 trillion per year by 2050. The Group of Seven (G7)
“Every day, I had to swallow one in front of him. He gave me one box per month. When I ran out, he replaced it. When I was sold from one man to another, the box of pills came with me,” a girl who didn’t know she was being given birth control. Sexual slavery has
March 22 is celebrated worldwide as International World Water Day. This year focuses particularly on wastewater, with the theme of this year asking, “Why waste water?”. According to the United Nations (UN), over 80 percent of all wastewater generated by human activities flows back to nature polluting environment. Currently 1.8 billion people use a source
Photo by Madi Robson On Febuary 20, 2017, Famine was formally declared in certain regions of South Sudan, notably Leer and Mayendit. This was a first since the country gained independence in 2011. When a formal declaration of famine is issued, people have already died of hunger. Because quantitative data measuring the precise advancement
Somalia is on the brink of catastrophic disaster. More than half of Somalia’s population is in need of food assistance –over 6 million people, according to UN’s recent figures. With the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, lingering around the country, they block the roads leaving “no access for food aid.” The Somali people have been “neglected” from
Urban population is growing. In 2014, it accounted for 54 percent of the total global population, up from 34 percent in 1960. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), urban population growth is concentrated in the less-developed regions of the world. It is estimated that a majority of people will be living in urban
Photo by Selvan Tamilmani Multiple factors such as political instability and limited export growth had made emerging markets less attractive in the recent years but the trend looks to soon be reversing. In 2016, emerging-market economies grew just three percentage points faster than developed nations. And even though it is lower than what it
The tensions between Turkey and the Netherlands deepen as diplomatic crisis reaches a boiling point. In the most recent threats, Turkey placed sanctions against the Netherlands after Turkey’s Foreign Ministry ordered a Dutch diplomat to create a formal protest, which demonstrated “disproportionate force” against protesters after the recent expulsion of a Turkish minister. The Dutch
Photo by: Hadynyah The first International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated by the United Nations in 1975. But it is only two years later, in December 1977, that the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace. The UN invited these member States to choose March 8
The touchy subject of rape is often viewed as an act of violence, however some countries view it as a basis of purity or honor. According to the Equality Now charity, this act is “still ignored in the law by most governments.” In three particular countries, Belgium, Greece, and the Netherlands, each fail to adhere
Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. The steadily growing impact investment market in recent years has attracted an increasing number of individual and institutional investors, including development finance institutions, banks, private foundations, pension funds, and insurance companies. According to a Report by
Photo By Nikita Sypko On February 20, 2017, the state of famine was formally declared in several regions in South Sudan. Indeed, from February to July 2017, in the regions of Leer and Mayendit, famine has been declared and in Koch, it has been classified as a region where famine is likely to happen. When a
