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As biodiversity loss accelerates, a new natural history curriculum seeks to rebuild young people’s connection with nature through fieldwork, observation and ecological understanding.
If development programmes are serious about long-term change, they have to create real pathways towards paid, respected roles within the communities women already belong to.
Trump’s dismantling of USAID and deep foreign aid cuts are forcing international NGOs to shrink, localise and seek new funding models – with profound consequences for global health and humanitarian work.
Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger.
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22 July 2025
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Financing for development must account for women
6 May 2025
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Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
20 December 2024
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Need human rights research? Talk to the Global South
11 December 2024
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Did COP29 fail women?
6 December 2024
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Universities as ministries for sustainable futures?
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Delhi's dilemma: a growing economy and growing unemployment
17 April 2024
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How education and social media regulation can combat science denial
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