Press Releases / #human rights
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Countries resolve to leverage innovation, promote digital inclusion for those furthest behind
Governments from across Asia and the Pacific agreed today to harness technological advancements and digital innovation for sustainable development, with special attention to the region’s most vulnerable countries and population …
United Nations Development Programme
Rich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest have gone backwards: UNDP
Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarisation on a global scale. …
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Investing in women crucial to bridge gender gap in political leadership in Asia and the Pacific
In a democratically decisive year, in which 1.3 billion women will have the right to vote in more …
World Economic Forum
Top organisations unlock new investments to support world’s most vulnerable
Partners of the World Economic Forum’s Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative announce over 50 commitments that will boost …
All #human rights Press Releases
18 December 2023
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP pledges to strengthen commitment to human rights, sustainable development
19 November 2023
Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Renewed calls for Asean to prioritise and protect citizens’ rights to clean air from transboundary haze
19 September 2023
United Nations Development Programme
UN Digital event mobilises global leadership, US$400 million to support digital public infrastructure
15 August 2023
UN Development Programme
Ten countries to bag UNDP's 2023 Equator Prize
30 July 2023
United Nations Development Programme
Less than 1 percent of women, girls live in countries with high women’s empowerment, high gender parity
24 July 2023
13 July 2023
United Nations Development Programme
25 countries halved multidimensional poverty within 15 years, but 1.1 billion remain poor
17 May 2023
16 January 2023
15 November 2022
15 March 2022
24 September 2021
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAD calls on world leaders for small-scale farmers to receive decent wages
30 August 2021
Emancipate Indonesia
The tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children #SaveSmallHands
23 August 2021
5 July 2021
Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Companies step up: Public-private partnerships for social good proliferate across Asia
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