This is the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study to analyse the health and environmental outcomes of national dietary guidelines in 85 countries around the world.
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11/08/2020
Far Away in the USA – What’s Going On?
The White House | Image from Wall Street International.
The composition of the U.S. population is currently estimated at 40% for non-white residents. The forecast is for the non-white population to outnumber the white population by 2045.
11/08/2020
Millions of Children across the Globe Continue to Be Exploited
Human Wrongs Watch
11 August 2020 (ILO)* — The universal ratification of the ILO Convention on the Worst forms of Child Labour is a milestone, says the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tomoya Obokata. However countries need to intensify efforts to eradicate child labour in all its forms.
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11/08/2020
COVID-19 New Guidance for Protecting Migrant Workers
Human Wrongs Watch
Geneva/ Paris, 10 August 2020 (IOM)* – The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week are releasing employer guidance for measures to protect migrants during COVID-19.
Burmese migrants work on fishing boats and in coastal communities in Phang Nga, southern Thailand. Photo: Thierry Falise/IOM
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11/08/2020
‘Thrown into the Streets, Locked in Rooms, Forced to Work without Pay’ – Media Reporting Reveals Abuse of Some Migrant Domestic Workers in Middle East Since Onset of Pandemic
ILO/Hisham Ashraf | A woman views an exhibition of portraits of domestic workers on their day off on International Domestic Workers Day in Qatar.
Thrown into the streets, locked in rooms, and forced to work without pay, recent media reporting has revealed the abuse and poor treatment that some migrant domestic workers in the Middle East have suffered, since the onset of the pandemic.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has confirmed that many of these workers, particularly those who have no employment contract, and live outside the household, have been severely impacted by the pandemic.
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