'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
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We developed a new prediction system we call PROCAST (PRO abilistic fore CAST), and used it to predict the natural variability of the climate system. This refers to how the climate varies naturally from warm to cool phases that last a few years at a time, and is separate from the long-term trend of anthropogenic global warming. PROCAST predicts a warm phase for the next few years.
20 August, 2018 (UN Women)* – Aleeza Hafeez from Sailkot, one of Pakistan’s most industrialized areas, has her own income for the first time. Knowing her own rights and an enabling environment at the workplace made it possible for her to work and grow as a professional. The project has changed family dynamics too. Now, Hafeez’s father includes her when making family decisions, a role previously reserved for male members.
Aleeza Hafeez Photo: Baidarie/Gohar Zama
“My father, for as long as I can remember, was working day and night for us, but still his income was not sufficient to make our ends meet.
My siblings are all younger than me. I wanted to help my father in meeting our household needs.
As I started looking for jobs, I was unsure that I would get one, because I had no work experience.
But as they say, ‘When there is a will, there is a way.’
Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade;
A breath can make them, as a breath has made;
But a bold peasantry, their country’s pride,
When once destroyed, can never be supplied
— Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village
A Nepali farmer |
20 Aug 2018 – Small farmers are the key to ending poverty and hunger and promoting sustainable development.
‘Think beyond farm jobs’ to reach sustainable development, UN agriculture chief advises African youth.
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20 August 2018 – With conflict raging in northwest Syria, the United Nations health agency has appealed for $11 million to provide life-saving care to parts of Aleppo, Hama, Idleb and Lattakia governorates.
