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COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth
The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people.Since the outset of the pandemic more than 70...
Sint Maarten Trust Fund Launches Enterprise Support Project
The US$35 million Enterprise Support Project was officially launched today. The project is funded by the Sint Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction, and Resilience Trust Fund,...
China post-covid situation
As the first country to be engulfed in the COVID-19 pandemic, China is several weeks ahead of many other countries on the “curve” of...
Biofuture Platform: 5 Principles for Post-COVID Bioeconomy Recovery and Acceleration
The Biofuture Platform, a twenty-country, multi-stakeholder initiative, announced on the 12 August the launch of a set of voluntary principles. These are intended to...
Coronavirus force majeure and new world order
The current pandemic has given rise to a variety of forecasts and judgements on a wide range of issues that are directly or indirectly...
Stay Home, Stay Unsafe: The Violent Fallout of Lockdown on Women
Authors: Prateek Khandelwal and Nikhil Hans*
The unprecedented crisis of COVID-19 led to a worldwide shutdown. The “locked’ world aims to break the web of...
Korea: Keep supporting people and the economy until recovery fully under way
Korea has limited the damage to its economy from the COVID-19 crisis with swift and effective measures to contain the virus and protect households...
Covid-19 Outbreak: A Compromise on Gender Equality
The pandemic has without doubt affected men and women in a different manner. It has resulted in affecting adversely the economic, social, human rights...
Pandemic poses fresh challenges for vulnerable migrant workers in Middle East
Amidst reports that many migrant workers in the Middle East are being made destitute, due to an economic crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Pandemic highlights importance of indigenous self-determination
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to ensure the world’s indigenous people have control over their own communities, the UN High Commissioner for...