New Social Compact
More than 1 billion women lack legal protection against domestic sexual violence
More than one billion women lack legal protection against domestic sexual violence, says new research from the World Bank.
The study, Global and Regional Trends...
Towards Achieving Gender Parity: New Global Approaches?
What strategies are needed to reach gender parity in international and regional organizations like the United Nations and the OSCE? Some fifty delegates of...
Conflicts and disasters forcing 59 million young people into illiteracy
Nearly three in ten young people between the ages of 15 and 24 living in conflict- or disaster-affected countries are illiterate, the United Nations...
Bangladesh Women Making Progress But Still Face Gender Gap
Bangladesh’s women have made progress in various aspects of health, education, and work, but still face sizable gender gaps, according to a new report...
Drowning in pollution
When I was a child, my father, Captain Cousteau, an explorer and oceanographer, sometimes scolded me for my behaviour or actions that had an...
Shame and stigma: The taboo of menstruating in South Asia
The beliefs and practices that revolve around menstruation differ across societies. In some cultures, the menstruating women are victimised due to the regressive attitudes...
Invisible and Excluded: The Fate of Widows and Divorcees in Africa
Across Africa, the impact of marital death and divorce falls more heavily on women, who may be excluded socially and lose their home and...
An education approach to preventing and countering violent extremism
Last November Goodenough College and The Royal Commonwealth Society brought together four experts to discuss and debate the role that education can play in...
UN urges Comprehensive Approach to Sexuality Education
Close to 10 years after its first edition, a fully updated International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education published today by UNESCO advocates quality comprehensive...
Romanian youth learn how to fundraise and shape a sustainable future
At YouthBank Romania young people take all the crucial decisions about how to raise funds and which sustainable development projects to back.
The programme, an...