Kakhovka dam disaster a health crisis in the making: WHO

Report reveals war’s ‘stark impacts’ on Ukraine society

The Human Impact Assessment (HIA) provides comprehensive insights into how the February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion has affected areas such as living conditions, health, access to education, livelihoods, food security and gender equality. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) led the joint initiative, which was implemented at the request of the Office of the President and…

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New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

“Half of people worldwide still believe men make better political leaders than women, and more than 40 per cent believe men make better business executives than women,” according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report. “Social norms that impair women’s rights are detrimental to society more broadly,…

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Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland

Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland

The finding is the result of a survey conducted by the UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland, which also revealed that 53 per cent had considered getting, or had already accessed, mental health support since arriving in the country.  ‘Not a surprise’  “The psychosocial toll of the war in Ukraine is immense so the results…

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FBI had no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, Durham report reveals

FBI had no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, Durham report reveals

WASHINGTON: The investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has finally come to a close, prosecutor John Durham has released his report, which has been widely criticized. Was waiting. According to details, John Durham’s report strongly criticized the FBI’s investigation into former US President…

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New UNESCO report reveals $97 billion barrier to reaching education targets

New UNESCO report reveals $97 billion barrier to reaching education targets

The paper Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks? by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was written as input for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  It focused on Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,…

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