The Unjust Climate report highlights the reality that every year in low and middle-income countries, female heads of households in rural areas suffer significantly greater financial losses than men. On average, female-headed households lose eight per cent more of their income due to heat stress and three per cent more due to floods compared with male-headed households….
British Member of Parliament Yasmeen Qureshi—Photo courtesy of Social Media British Member of Parliament Yasmeen Qureshi’s historic bill was successfully passed. In a video message released on the social networking site Twitter, Member of Parliament Yasmin Qureshi has said that my private member’s bill has now officially become a law. He added that flexible working…
Pakistan and IMF welcome progress on staff-level agreement, US State Department: Photo: File Washington: America says that it will continue its unwavering support for Pakistan’s economic success. In a media briefing, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller praised the staff level agreement between Pakistan and the IMF and emphasized on maintaining economic relations with Pakistan…
Guidom Sabally’s high school education was cut short because his family could no longer afford school fees. For many years, he struggled to find work as an unskilled labourer. Now in his 40s, Mr. Sabally was able to take up the opportunity of free technical training, provided by a UN-led training programme, in 2018; having…
