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Some of the US women legislators elected to office in November 2018
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The report, to be released in the last quarter of the year, will provide a comprehensive picture of the many forms of inequality that are shaping the 21st Century. (Click here for FRENCH and SPANISH)
Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
New York, March 2019 (HDRO)* — Today’s world remains deeply unfair. The life and prospects faced by a newborn in a poor country or in a poor household are radically different from those of wealthier children. In all societies, long-standing forms of inequality persist while gaps are opening in new aspects of life.
For months after fleeing violence in Myanmar, Rohingya refugee Nurul Salam and his wife Lalu Begum drew water from a hand pump that frequently left their family with sore throats and diarrhoea.*| Español | Français | عربي
ROME, March 2019 (Other News)* – If we ever needed a proof, to see how the political system has become self referent, and unable to update itself, the last student march, in more than 1.000 towns, is a very good example.
Roberto Savio
Of course, politicians referred to it in declarations, and the President of the European Community, an old political fox with a lot of mileage, Juncker, even kissed the hand of Grreta Thunber ( a totally demagogic gesture).
However this unprecedented youth manifestation has given life to a new initiative on climate change.
We are lucky that Greta’s Asperger syndrome of GRETA, brings little empathy and more determination, so is totally improbable that she will be co-opted by flattery and recognition …
It was interesting to see the reaction of politicians. In the Italian Parliament, what was heard more by insiders was: anyhow they do not vote, they are too young…
(Greenpeace International)* — Last year, the city of Cape Town narrowly averted day zero – the day the city’s water taps would run dry. Many of the city’s four million residents patiently joined lines to receive their water ration, as the city desperately worked to restrict water usage in the weeks leading up to day zero.
An interview with Francesca O’Hanlon, founder of Blue Tap
22 March 2019 (UN Environment)* — This year’s World Water Day on 22 March celebrates water for all. It is a human right to have access—without discrimination—to sufficient, safe, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use.
Yet billions of people around the world still do not have access to safely managed drinking water. Contaminated water can transmit a variety of diseases, such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio. Innovations around water safety and quality are therefore crucial to human health.
22 March 2019 (UN)* — Water is an essential building block of life. It is more than just essential to quench thirst or protect health; water is vital for creating jobs and supporting economic, social, and human development..
The theme for World Water Day 2019 is ‘Leaving no one behind,’ which is the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: as sustainable development progresses, everyone must benefit.
Geneva (UN Water)* — Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than two billion people lack even the most basic of services.
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