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15/10/2018

8 Reasons Why Zero Hunger Changes the World

15 October 2018 (World Food Programme)* — World Food Day is about Zero Hunger—a Global Goal for the world to achieve together. We have 15 years to end hunger for every child, women and man around the world. Reaching it will save countless lives and build brighter futures for us all. 

World Food Day: 16 October

Image from World Food Programme.

1) Zero hunger could save the lives of 3.1 million children a year1

2) Well-nourished mothers have healthier babies with stronger immune systems

3) Ending child undernutrition could increase a developing country’s GDP by 16.5 percent2

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15/10/2018

Planting the Facts in a Child’s Mind Could Make a World of Difference – World Food Day

Human Wrongs Watch

15 October 2018 (FAO)* – The 7.5 billion humans alive on the planet today are, more than ever, putting a strain on the planet as they consume much of the world’s resources in their – our – daily lives. We have become disconnected with the natural resources and processes need to produce the food we eat. Who is sticking up for our world – and the future generations who will inherit it?

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Healthy and nutritious food is one of the essential elements of a good quality of life. Photo: ©FAO

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14/10/2018

Experts, IMF Fear Argentina’s Economic Crisis Could Affect Region

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The IMF is set to dispense the largest bailout in history to Argentina.
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Experts, IMF Fear Argentina’s Economic Crisis Could Affect Region

13 October 2018 (teleSUR)* – The International Monetary Fund has warned that a worsening crisis in Argentina could affect neighboring countries, and that next year’s presidential election could increase political and economic uncertainty.
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In June, the IMF granted Argentina a standby loan of USD $50 billion and granted the early release of funds and increased the loan’s value to $57 billion. It’s the IMF’s largest bailout in history and Argentina’s second in under 20 years.
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14/10/2018

Yemen: Eating Leaves to Survive

Human Wrongs Watch

By Roald Høvring*

10 October 2018 (Norwegian Refugee Council)* – More than five million people risk dying of hunger in Yemen. Desperate parents try to keep their children alive by serving them cooked leaves.
This girl tries to curb the hunger by eating boiled vine leaves. Five million Yemenis risk facing famine if food supplies are not brought into the war-torn country. Photo: AP/Hammadi Issa/NTB Scanpix | Photo from Norwegian Refugee Council. 

The girl in the photo tries to curb the hunger by eating boiled vine leaves. Many parents in Yemen have nothing else to serve their children.

Since the escalation of violence in March 2015, close to 10,000 people have been killed and 50,000 injured. Three million Yemenis have been displaced.

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14/10/2018

Returning to an Occupied House

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By Chanel Igara*

11 October 2018 (Norwegian Refugee Council)* – After having spent four years as a refugee in Cameroon, Ladifa and her family returned home to western Central African Republic (CAR), only to find their house occupied by another resident.
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41-year-old Ladifa returned home to Sosso-Nakombo, a town west of the Central African Republic, after spending five years in Cameroon. Photo: Chanel Igara/NRC

Since 2013, violence between armed groups in CAR has led to massive displacements. Every fourth person in the country have been displaced.

Sosso-Nakombo is a small town in the south-west of the country, a few days walk from Cameroon. Over the past years, many of its Muslim residents have fled from attacks by armed groups and crossed into the neighbouring country for safety.

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14/10/2018

The West’s Approach to Saudi Arabia: ‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back’

Human Wrongs Watch

By Sarah Al-Otaibi*

Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.

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11 October 2018 (openDemocracy)* – Saudi Arabia entered the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in a combative manner.

The Kingdom’s delegation did not arrive as representatives of a reformed country, despite over a year of aggressive rebranding efforts.

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14/10/2018

‘As though the obstacles that nature throws in their way were not enough, mankind is doing its best to make life even more difficult for migratory birds’

Human Wrongs Watch

13 October 2018 – Highlighting the challenges migratory birds face in their epic journeys, senior United Nations officials have called on the global community to join forces and “unify voices for bird conservation.”

Photo via WMBD | Sanderlings, the small wading birds pictured here, are long-distance migrants, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia.
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In a message marking the World Migratory Bird Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that migratory birds are symbols of peace and of an interconnected planet.
“[They] connect people, ecosystems and nations … Their epic journeys inspire people of all ages, across the globe,” he stated.

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14/10/2018

‘Limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees will require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society’

Human Wrongs Watch

Checking global warming and preventing some of the worst-case scenarios of runaway climate change “is still possible,” the United Nations Secretary-General said on 13 October 2018, urging greater action and ambitions.

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OCHA EFE/Rolando Pujol | Wide shot of Havana, Cuba, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which wrought terrible destruction across the Caribbean in 2017.
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13/10/2018

Portugal’s Post-Crisis Policies Boosted Growth and Employment – International Labour Organization

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Successful results were supported by social dialogue between government and the social partners.

 
© Miguel M. Almeida | Photo from ILO News.

LISBON, 12 October 2018 (ILO)* – A mix of sound economic and social policies and constructive social dialogue between the government, workers’ and employers’ organizations have helped Portugal recover from the 2008 economic and financial crisis and have driven economic and employment growth, says a new ILO report.

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13/10/2018

Imaginative Use of Former Prison Opens New Doors for Refugees

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By Josie Le Blond in Amsterdam*

A pop-up hotel and restaurant run by refugees have given new life to a forbidding Amsterdam building that once housed hardened criminals.

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Hayder Al Saadi, from Baghdad, is the floor manager of A Beautiful Mess restaurant, located in what was the laundry room of Amsterdam’s former jail. © UNHCR/Miquel Gonzalez

12 October 2018 (UNHCR)* – Receptionist Wassim Al Wattar jangled his keys as he strolled down the hotel corridor. He stopped outside a heavy door, unlocked it and tugged it open with a clank.

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