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Gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, and other forms of exploitation continue to endanger women at all stages of migration – including those in domestic and care work.
Wilmar International
Shaping the futures of estates: Harnessing mechanisation to elevate and future-proof the plantation workforce
Mechanisation is often misunderstood as a means to replace people with machines. In reality, it is about empowering …
This 2025 marks a once-in-a-generation milestone for women’s rights and gender equality: 30 years since the world committed …
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Myanmar’s youth ‘on hold’ as education and employment crisis deepens
Myanmar’s demographic dividend is slipping away as disrupted education, shrinking job opportunities, and fragile livelihoods push a generation …
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22 September 2025
World Economic Forum
Climate health risks put US$1.5 trillion in productivity at stake by 2050
7 September 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Indonesia launches CRISP project to build climate-resilient, inclusive communities
25 August 2025
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
3 August 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As fashion's environmental toll mounts, these small clothes makers embrace sustainability
18 July 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP and Republic of Korea launch global early recovery initiative for crisis-hit communities
15 July 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN flags low uptake of sustainable trade facilitation measures, support for vulnerable groups
20 June 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Enhancing policy coherence to bridge the sustainable finance gap in Asia and the Pacific
11 June 2025
30 May 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Navigating trade headwinds: Asia and the Pacific must reinforce trade resilience amid global uncertainty
25 May 2025
12 May 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
How cleaner production bolsters economic resilience in developing countries
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human development progress slows to 35-year low: UNDP report
27 April 2025
15 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Rethinking climate finance to work for women in Nepal’s coffee, pashmina value chains
10 February 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
New United Nations, UK project to support shift to electric mobility in Thailand
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