Amidst a $33 million funding shortfall, plunging temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa pose a major threat to children in the region, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday [27 November 2018].
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27/11/2018
‘Dire Consequences’ for a Million Children in the Middle East, North Africa, as Funding Dwindles
27/11/2018
Suffering of Thousands of War-Affected Syrian Children ‘Unprecedented and Unacceptable’
Human Wrongs Watch
Well over 7,000 child casualties in Syria’s brutal armed conflict have been verified over the last five years, but this is just “the tip of the iceberg,” the United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the crisis lamented on Tuesday [27 November 2018], with thousands more cases likely going unreported.
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27/11/2018
CO2 Emissions on the Rise for First Time in Four Years, UN Warns
Human Wrongs Watch
A new report released on Tuesday [27 November 2018] by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose again during 2017 after a three year hiatus, highlighting the imperative for countries to deliver on the historic Paris Agreement to keep global warming to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
The report comes just days before the key UN climate change conference known as COP 24, taking place in Katowice, Poland, with the agency urging nations to triple their efforts to curb harmful emissions.
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27/11/2018
Global Wage Growth Lowest Since 2008, While Women Still Earning 20% Less than Men
Human Wrongs Watch
The latest ILO Global Wage report finds global wage growth has been weak while the gender pay gap, at about 20 per cent globally, remains unacceptably high.
GENEVA, 26 November 2018 (ILO)* – Global wage growth in 2017 fell to its lowest rate since 2008, far below levels before the global financial crisis, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
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27/11/2018
Violence against Women a ‘Mark of Shame’ on Our Societies – UN Chief
Human Wrongs Watch
25 November 2018 – Violence against women and girls is not only a fundamental human rights issue but also a “moral affront” against them and a “mark of shame” on all societies, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said, calling greater action by everyone around the world to root out the scourge.
27/11/2018
Johan Galtung and Amy Goodman Talk Peace, Justice, Empire, Occupation
Human Wrongs Watch
American Friends Service Committee – TRANSCEND Media Service*
A dialogue between sociologist Johan Galtung, “Father of Peace and Conflict Studies,” and Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW! Sponsored by the Envision Peace Museum, American Friends Service Committee.
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