Details of that development and the “unprecedented devastation” to the Palestinian jobs market and the wider economy beyond Gaza and the West Bank are outlined in a new report from the ILO. Ahead of its publication, the UN agency’s Director-General Gilbert Houngbo told the 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva on Thursday that the labour market…
“Humanitarians are working hard to support them, but we need security, access and reliable facilitation by Israeli forces, whose responsibilities don’t end when supplies are dropped off at the border,” said Jamie McGoldrick. Every building the team visited and most they could see had been damaged, with paved roads reduced to dirt tracks. The team…
Their journey begins in the open fields every morning in search of these plants, which include cheeseweed – known locally as khubeezeh – which have been eaten by Palestinians as side dishes for generations. Now they have become a major food source for Gazans. Living conditions in the besieged enclave have reached an abysmal state…
Tents for displaced people in southern Gaza When war began on 7 October, life changed dramatically overnight for mother-of-four Hala, as it did for the more than two million Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip. She kept a diary of her experiences and shared it with the UN humanitarian agency (OCHA). It recounts her…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Details of the struggle for survival of 4 young children, including an infant, have emerged after 40 days in the dangerous Amazon jungle in Colombia. According to foreign media, these children were victims of a plane crash in the south of the country and the mother of these children survived for…
The California twospot octopus can change its RNA under changing water temperatures. Photo: File Boston: Scientists recently announced that they have read the complete genome (genetic properties) of a type of octopus and now announce that the same octopus changes its RNA depending on cold and hot water. We’ve already learned that octopuses are evasive,…
Artwork from Francisco Silva, featured in a UN humanitarian report on Haiti. The 2023 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) for Haiti describes life in the country as a daily, terrifying struggle for survival, the result of three consecutive years of economic recession, a political impasse, and unprecedented levels of gang violence. Every day, more and more…
