Human Wrongs Watch
By Vibhu Mishra
(UN News)* — UN agencies alongside humanitarian partners in Malawi have launched a Flash Appeal to help millions in the country stricken by drought that has decimated harvests and sent hunger levels soaring.
24/07/2024
Eastern Afghanistan Reels from Fatal Storms; Dozens Dead, Hundreds Homeless
Human Wrongs Watch
By Vibhu Mishra
(UN News)* — UN teams and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are mobilizing in response to devastating windstorms and flash floods that have ravaged eastern regions of the country, resulting in dozens of fatalities and the destruction of hundreds of homes.
24/07/2024
More Poverty for the Poor
Human Wrongs Watch
– Many low-income countries (LICs) continue to slip further behind the rest of the world. Meanwhile, people in extreme poverty have been increasing again after decades of decline.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Falling further behind
World output more than doubled from $36 trillion in 1990 to $87 trillion by 2021 (in constant US dollars), but this growth has not been evenly distributed, causing most LICs to fall further behind.
Many of the world’s poorest economies have had meagre growth since the 1960s. As most developing countries have made progress, income gaps among nations have declined.
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13/07/2024
Climate Crisis Fuels Flooding and Deepens Displacement, Making Life Even Harder for People Already Uprooted from Their Homes
Human Wrongs Watch
By the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)*
Climate change is fuelling flooding and other forms of extreme weather, causing fresh displacement and making life even harder for people already uprooted from their homes.
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Residents in Baghlan-e-Jadid district assess the damage caused by recent flooding in Afghanistan’s northeastern Baghlan province. © UNHCR/Mujeeburrahman Habiby
11/07/2024
Gaza Reeling from Overwhelmed Hospitals, Soaring Temperatures, Hunger, Lack of Basic Sanitation…
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an ever more deadly threat to a population under constant attack, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday [].
11/07/2024
United Nations Humanitarians Warn against Israeli Evacuation Orders in Gaza City
10/07/2024
“Trafficking, torture, forced labour, extortion, starvation in intolerable conditions of detention” are “perpetrated at scale… with impunity”: UN Human Rights Chief
Human Wrongs Watch
By Daniel Johnson
(UN News)* — The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took centre stage at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday [], where UN rights chief Volker Türk urged the international community to consider halting its agreement with the north African country on asylum seekers and migration.
10/07/2024
While Global Population Is Rising, East Asia Is Shrinking
Human Wrongs Watch
On 15 November 2022, the world’s population reached an estimated 8.0 billion people, a milestone in human development. This unprecedented growth, according to the UN, is due to the gradual increase in human lifespan owing to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. It is also the result of high and persistent levels of fertility in some countries. Meanwhile, the UN will be commemorating World Population Day on July 11.
– Across East Asia, birthrates are plummeting. Japan’s has been falling for eight straight years and recently hit a record low of 1.2 children per woman, the lowest since record keeping began in 1899.
For reference, a total fertility rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain a stable population. China’s total fertility rate is now approaching 1.0. South Korea’s plummeted in 2023 to a record low of 0.72, the worlds’ lowest.
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09/07/2024
What’s Happening in the Central African Republic?
Human Wrongs Watch
By Marion Guenard | Norwegian Refugee Council*
4 July 2024 — The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been overlooked for years. A landlocked country in the heart of central west Africa, CAR continues to pay the price of a long-standing conflict, and one in five Central Africans remains displaced.
07/07/2024
Six Shocking Facts You Didn’t Know about Extreme Weather
Human Wrongs Watch
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