The United Nations Refugee Agency faces devastating cuts that may eliminate 5,000 to 6,000 jobs, with potentially ...

As the sun rises over coastal Gopalpur, Odisha, in eastern India, dozens of children prepare for school. Unfortunately, for ...

Indigenous peoples in Brazil have won a new right: a share in the profits of hydroelectric plants that cause them harm when built on or near their lands.  This was established in a preliminary ruling ...

On March the 8th, the world celebrated International Women’s Day. This year’s theme was “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment” and called for actions that aim to unlock power and ...

Sudan’s diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security. In the chaos of conflict, ...

What started with a ‘salty’ cup of tea ended with one couple losing their home to climate-change-induced rising sea levels.

As the elderly population grows in both size and proportion, their impact on government policies, programs, and expenditures will increase ...

Women rights advocates who gathered at UN Headquarters for the world’s biggest meeting (10 -21 March) on gender equality have ...

Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza comes several months after both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports ...

When Angela Asemota’s son began having seizures at six years old in 1996, people gossiped, but eventually he was diagnosed with epilepsy.

In a world of overlapping crises, from brutal conflicts and democratic regression to climate breakdown and astronomic levels ...

For about three years now, Argentines have been hearing almost every month that oil production is breaking new records.