The central role of migrants in Asia-Pacific
United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the contributions of migrants to economies and societies in Asia and the Pacific, calling on countries to ensure...
Endemic violence against women cannot be stopped with a vaccine
Over the past decade, violence against women has been “endemic in every country and culture”, according to a new study released by the UN...
Beyond the conventional gender roles: The Role of Women in Anti-nuclear Movements
Nuclear weapons have been at the core of all major international discussions since its creation. It represented a state of revolutionised human affairs and...
Coronavirus and fertility
During the epidemic most people in the world were and are still at home. Many experts and pundits predicted that fertility rates would increase,...
Making Women Visible in Plastic Waste Management: Examples from Indonesia
Plastic Waste: Long History, Massive Consumption
Plastic was invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1869 and has an original sense of "pliable and easily formed."...
Nearly 350 Million Children Lack Quality Childcare in the World
More than 40 percent of all children below primary-school age – or nearly 350 million – need childcare but do not have access, according...
Mental health alert for 332 million children linked to COVID-19 lockdown policies
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says the mental health of millions of children worldwide has been put at risk, with at least one in seven forced...
The global plastic problem
Global plastic pollution is becoming increasingly severe. According to a report by the German weekly magazine 'Focus', plastic particles have recently been found in...
The Only Wealth, There’s in Man
The famous quote of Jean Bodinprovide us with an important visualization about the human capital in developing countries, in order to achieve the millennium...
Climate politics and the future of carbon emissions
Climate change is no longer a far-off problem, it is happening here, it is happening now and if it is happening now then efforts...