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Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating …
In a small village outside Hebron (Palestine), Mariam’s* world nearly collapsed with a single message. A close friend …
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
How climate change is threatening human rights
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is …
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9 January 2026
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6 October 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
15 September 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Record military spending threatens global peace and development, UN warns
2 September 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Catalysts for change: The rising impact of national human rights institutions
25 August 2025
16 April 2025
15 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Overcoming the past: Cambodia's push for universal civil registration
8 April 2025
10 March 2025
16 February 2025
10 February 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific region to chart bold path for migration governance
14 December 2024
27 October 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1.1 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, nearly half live in conflict settings
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News / Carbon & Climate
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News / Energy
Philippines declares ‘national energy emergency’ amid Iran war as it boosts coal output
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News / Food & Agriculture
Methane is a blind spot in Asian supermarkets’ climate strategies, study finds
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Opinion / Corporate Responsibility
Trade and sustainability go together as Trump’s tariffs target forced labour
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News / Green Buildings
Singapore needs to ‘de-ornamentalise’ city greening to combat heat, infestations, says botanist
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Opinion / Water
Iran’s water weapon against the Gulf
While the rest of the world is mainly concerned about the energy disruptions caused by the Iran war, …
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