It's a contrast to his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who encouraged development of the Amazon — legal and illegal — and didn't add areas designated as Indigenous lands.
The Interior Department finalized a rule that puts conservation on equal footing with mining, grazing and drilling on public lands across the country.
Despite the current threat from the far-right, Spain is a European pioneer in adopting comprehensive legislation to end gender-based violence
The Cook Labor Government is extending provision of free period products to WA public primary schools, as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting student health and wellbeing.
Through its Investing in Early Years for Human Development Project, the World Bank supported a range of early childhood interventions in Senegal, particularly through the provision of essential nutrition services, benefiting 14 million mothers and children. It helped the government of Senegal to address critical health and...
Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Actions include investing in access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, testing and detecting outbreaks quickly, improving quality of and access to...
After a public health campaign of just one year, Egypt has effectively eliminated Hepatitis C, the third leading cause of death in the country.
As of 20 February 2024, all girls aged 12 in Kosovo* are eligible to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for lifelong protection from cervical cancer. To comprehensively roll out the vaccine, Pristina health authorities launched a vaccination campaign at schools aiming to reach over 12 000 girls in 2024; 116 doses...
In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over two decades the state government harassed, surveilled, and persecuted members of a lawyer’s group that defends human rights defenders, activists, and indigenous people putting the attorneys’ lives at risk.
The Netherlands has the fourth lowest incarceration rate in the WHO European Region – with health policies which strive to provide necessary care to all people living in prisons, leaving no one behind. Currently, the country is taking steps to tackle the major challenge of mental health disorders – the most prevalent health...
India Business News: India plans to transition to living wages by 2025 with ILO's support, exceeding current minimum wage levels. The Code on Wages aims for a universal wa
The World Bank-financed Gambia Essential Health Services Strengthening Project implemented an innovative approach by conducting a simultaneous mass registration of both birth certificates and national health insurance memberships. Between August 1, 2022, and February 28, 2023, more than half of the population was registered and...
A new report from the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) shows that Morocco has made significant progress in reducing child mortality over the past few decades.
Tuberculosis has plagued the world for thousands of years and remains a leading cause of death
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out the "revolutionary" new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
In just 15 years, Rwanda has increased its electricity access to 75% from 6% in 2009. This took government ownership, leadership, and commitment, partnership with the private sector, funding from development partners, and dedicated structure and institutional strengthening.
Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - A rule requiring gun dealers to obtain federal licenses and conduct background checks regardless of where they sell guns has been finalized and will soon go into effect, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday.
Obioma Chukwuike went to an all-girls boarding school in Nigeria, but was not sure if she was a girl or a boy. “Everybody seemed so worried about my body all the time. People kept asking me if I was a girl or a boy and I would answer: ‘I don’t know. I am just me’.”
Responding to a vote by the Senate of the Netherlands for introducing a consent-based definition of rape into the country’s Sexual Offences Act, Dagmar Oudshoorn, Director of Amnesty International Netherlands, said: “The Netherlands has taken the final step to change the outdated Dutch law and recognize that sex without...
The report marks a notable reversal: People born in the U.S. in 2022 can expect to live 77.5 years, an increase from 76.4 in 2021.
Cambodia has seen a remarkable decline in Tuberculosis (TB) deaths and new cases in more than two decades, Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Sunday.
A momentous deal marks a turning point in the effort to reclaim Native American ancestral lands.
Discover how Tennessee's ELVIS Act establishes a precedent for artist protection against AI replication.
