07/05/2019
A joint report by the ILO and the European research agency, Eurofound, provides an unprecedented comparative analysis of job quality around the world, including work hours, gender pay differences, exposure to physical risks and opportunities for skills’ upgrading. | español | français | italiano | Nederlands | 中文
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07/05/2019
4 May 2019 (Wall Street International)* — In the brilliant, penetrating and amazingly erudite study by David Wootton Power, Pleasure and Profit, subtitled Insatiable appetites from Machiavelli to Madison, readers are treated to an engaging tour of the ‘Enlightenment paradigm’ gaining in the process a more profound understanding of our modern political economy and ethical situation.
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07/05/2019
7 May 2019 (UN Environment)* — An asthma attack is a frightening experience, threatening to deprive you of your ability to breathe, and life itself. According to World Health Organization estimates, 235 million people suffer from asthma, which is the most common chronic disease among children. Over 80 per cent of asthma deaths occur in low and lower-middle income countries.
World Asthma Day on 7 May 2019 reminds us that people with chronic respiratory problems are particularly vulnerable to all forms of air pollution.
One form of pollution that particularly affects people in cities is transport emissions.
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07/05/2019
5 May 2019 (UN Environment)* — A carpet of algae, floating dead fish for as far as the eye can see, a stench so powerful it irritates the lungs and stings the eyes… these are some of the effects of algal blooms, caused by ocean eutrophication, a deadly phenomenon for aquatic ecosystems.
Eutrophication happens when excessive nutrients from agricultural, industrial and urban wastes enter the seas, leading to serious disruption of marine ecosystems, damage to vital sea habitats and the spread of harmful algal blooms, commonly known as red tides.
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06/05/2019
A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the earth’s resources will likely fail without radical action, UN biodiversity experts said on Monday [6 May 2019].
UNDP Ecuador | Splendid Leaf Frog, Ecuador. (19 January 2015)
Speaking in Paris at the launch of the Global Assessment study – the first such report since 2005 – UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said that its findings put the world “on notice”.
“Following the adoption of this historic report, no one will be able to claim that they did not know,” the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said. “We can no longer continue to destroy the diversity of life. This is our responsibility towards future generations.”
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06/05/2019
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 May 2019 (UNFPA)* – Twenty-five years ago, the world was transforming. South Africa held its first multiracial elections, electing Nelson Mandela as President. Sweden began to allow the registration of same-sex partnerships. It was the dawn of the Internet age.
It’s not your mother’s motherhood. © UNFPA/Bruno Feder
And it was the start of a new global consensus on sexual and reproductive health – one that aimed to empower women and communities to determine their own futures.
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06/05/2019
Why are midwives important? What impact have they had on mothers’ and babies’ health? As the United Nations celebrates midwives across the world on Sunday [5 May 2019], here are five things you should know about the critical role they play in communities.
UNICEF/Vishwanathan | An Auxiliary Nurse Midwife performs critical ante-natal services in Shrawasti, India.
1. Midwives save millions of lives each year
The world has seen a steady decline in maternal and newborn deaths since 1990, in large part because more women are receiving skilled midwifery care: from 67 per cent in 2010 to 79 per cent in 2017.
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05/05/2019
3 May 2019 (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)* — As diplomats from all over the world meet to discuss nuclear disarmament at the 2019 NPT Preparatory Committee, President Trump and President Putin are reported to have discussed nuclear weapons and a new arms-control agreement that extends to China during a phone call on Friday [3 May 2019].
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05/05/2019
Since January, Bolsonaro’s neoliberal policies have worsened the everday situation of at least half of the economically active population.
4 May 2019 (teleSUR)* — President Jair Bolsonaro’s economic policies have increased the quarterly unemployment rate by 10.2 percent, leaving over 13.4 million people out of work. The scarse job supply is associated with low confidence in the future of the country’s economy, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) data released on Thursday [2 may 2019].
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05/05/2019
YAKAWLANG/SANGTAKHAT, Afghanistan, 3May 2019 (UNFPA)* – Midwives serve in some of the most remote health posts in the world, saving the lives of women and babies in settings that are often harsh and resource-poor.
Najiba works in one of the hardest-to-reach, poorest areas of Bamyan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
And their work can require them to confront attitudes that harm women’s health and demean their status and value.
This courageous work is being celebrated on 5 May, the International Day of the Midwife.
Soghra and Nabila are two such heroes.
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