Human Wrongs Watch
Aid access to embattled Syrians may soon improve following recent military gains by the Government, but the war “cannot be allowed to go to Idlib,” the head of the UN’s Humanitarian Task Force on 9 August 2018 said.
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10/08/2018
UN Chief Condemns Air Strike that Hit School Bus in Northern Yemen, Killing Scores of Children
Human Wrongs Watch
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 9 August 2018 condemned an air strike by pro-Yemini Government coalition forces, which killed scores of children who were on board a bus travelling through a busy market area in the northern province of Saada.
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10/08/2018
‘Unconscionable Attack on Children Should Be Turning Point in Yemen’s Brutal War – Enough Is Enough’
Human Wrongs Watch
By Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director*
NEW YORK, 9 August 2018 (UNICEF)* – “The horrific attack on a bus in Sa’ada, Yemen, reportedly killing and maiming scores of children, marks a low point in the country’s brutal war.
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The question now is whether it will also be a turning point – the moment that must finally push the warring parties, UN Security Council and international community to do what’s right for children and bring an end to this conflict.
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10/08/2018
New Book: Population and the Environment – Free Download
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John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*
9 August 2018 – One hopes that human wisdom and ethics will continue to grow, but unlimited growth of population and industry on a finite earth is a logical impossibility.
Today we are pressing against the absolute limits of the earth’s carrying capacity.
There are many indications that the explosively increasing global population of humans and the growth of pollution-producing and resource-using industries are threatening our earth with an environmental disaster.
Among the serious threats that we face are catastrophic anthropogenic climate change, extinction of species, and a severe global famine, perhaps involving billions of people rather than millions.
Such a famine may occur by the middle of the present century when the end of the fossil fuel era, combined with the effects of climate change reduces our ability to support a growing population.
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09/08/2018
A Mountain of Indigenous Knowledge in Peru
Indigenous people in a remote mountain town in the Andes in Peru are being helped to boost their incomes by preserving a valuable but threatened breed of alpaca.
09/08/2018
Nicaragua Must End ‘Witch-Hunt’ against Dissenting Voices – UN Human Rights Expert
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Following weeks of civil unrest in Nicaragua, a group of 11 UN independent human rights experts urged the Government on 9 August 2018 to stop the violent repression of protestors, which has left at least 317 people dead and 1,830 injured, stressing that “no one should be detained for the exercise of their human rights”.
09/08/2018
“I Felt I Was in Hell” – Escalating Hostilities Threaten Thousands of Pregnant Women in Yemen’s Hodeidah
Human Wrongs Watch
HODEIDAH, Yemen, 8 August 2018 (UNFPA)* – Escalating violence in Hodeidah, Yemen, threatens the city’s estimated 90,000 pregnant women and girls, UNFPA has announced. Some 14,000 of these women and girls are likely to encounter pregnancy-related complications requiring emergency care, but access to health services has been severely limited by the ongoing crisis.
A post-partum mother with her newborn at the Al Thawra Hospital maternity ward. © UNFPA Yemen
09/08/2018
Around 90% of Yemenis Do Not Have Access to Sufficient Water and Only 40% to Safe Drinking Water. UN Uses Solar Energy to Provide Affordable Access to Clean Water
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9 August 2018 (IOM)* — Yemen has one of the lowest supplies of freshwater per capita in the world. The effects of a growing population and limited water resources have been exacerbated a great deal by climate change and the escalating conflict.
An estimated 90 per cent of Yemen’s population does not have access to sufficient water and only 40 per cent have access to safe drinking water.
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09/08/2018
Hanging by a Thread
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By Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service*
6 August 2018 — India has been home to a variety of arts and crafts which have won it a coveted place in the cultural heritage of the world. Handloom is one of the most exquisite textile traditions of India, and Hand-spun and woven fabrics were for centuries an integral part of India’s rich textile tradition.
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Under colonial rule, which coincided with the Industrial Revolution in Europe, India was reduced to becoming a supplier of cotton to the textile mills of Manchester, Birmingham and Lancashire.
The handloom weaver was virtually wiped out from the market as the country was forced to accept cloth of inferior quality manufactured in England.
The weavers’ craft is threatened with extinction by power looms which offer a cheaper and faster way to produce the same goods; it can take weaver weeks to create what the machines can produce in a day.
Moreover machine products have a much sophisticated finish. As a result, many weavers’ clusters across the country are languishing.
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09/08/2018
A New Generation of Indigenous Leaders – Today, the World Has More than 100 Indigenous Women Ready to Lead the Fight against Hunger and Malnutrition
Human Wrongs Watch
8 August 2018 (FAO)* – It is estimated that there are more than 185 million indigenous women in the world belonging to different regions and cultures. Although their way of life and traditions are not the same, most of them play a crucial role in guaranteeing the food security of their communities and in protecting natural resources, benefitting the more of 7 billion people inhabiting the world.
Photo from FAO.
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