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New World Bank Toolkit To Make Transport and Public Spaces More Gender Inclusive

The World Bank today launched a “Toolkit on Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India” with the aim of guiding Indian...

Scholz and Macron threaten trade retaliation against Biden

After publicly falling out, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron have found something they agree on: mounting alarm over unfair competition from the U.S. and...

Uzbekistan’s Artel joins UN’s ‘Orange The World’ campaign against gender-based violence

Artel Electronics LLC (Artel), Central Asia’s largest home appliance and electronics manufacturer, has teamed up with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on a public...

Politicians and journalists targeted by spyware to testify at Council of Europe parliamentary hearing in Paris

Politicians and journalists from Poland, Spain and Greece who have been targeted by the Pegasus or similar spyware are to give testimony at a...

Iran’s Parliament approves bill on accession to SCO

Iran's Parliament has approved by a majority vote a bill on the Islamic republic's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), according TASS information. 205...

Racism and discrimination against children rife in countries worldwide

Racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language and religion, are rife in countries across the world, according to a new report...

Act together now, to prevent ‘raging food catastrophe’ next year

Without coordinated action, this year’s “crisis of affordability” threatens to become a dire global food shortage in 2023, the UN chief told the G20...

Updated family planning guide promotes empowerment, health and wellbeing

Wider access to self-administered contraceptives and the use of digital technologies by providers are just two of the tangible measures outlined in the latest...

Why do we need an EU Algae Initiative?

A growing global population, the depletion of resources, environmental pressures, and the impact of climate change require a different approach to food and economic...

Raisi and Putin call for expanding infrastructure cooperation

In a phone conversation with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin late on Saturday, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran called for expansion of infrastructure ties, including...

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