Monthly Archives: October 2022

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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – For decades, urban practitioners have failed to consider the needs of women in city decision-making and planning. Imagine being a young girl in a bustling metropolis. Read the full story, “A Tale of Cities”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow now !

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 31 (IPS) – The digital transformation of thousands of community health workers in Bangladesh has dramatically enhanced their work, while enabling the creation and tracking of a healthcare database covering 64 million people. The resulting model holds remarkable promise for the health of the world, especially in the context of evolving pandemics. […]

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern at Russia’s decision to suspend its involvement in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world. Read the full story, “UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by stalled Black Sea Grain Initiative”, on […]

Handling heavy machinery is not one of the first skills that comes to mind when we think of UN peacekeepers, but construction skills are an important component of the blue helmets’ competency toolkit. Read the full story, “Peacekeepers turn ground-breakers in the Central African Republic”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow […]

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MAZOWE, Zimbabwe, Oct 29 (IPS) – With homemade tents scattered about, hordes of artisanal gold miners throng parts of Mazowe village in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province, where they have cut down thousands of trees to process gold ore. Read the full story, “Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe”, on globalissues.org → find more […]

Handling heavy machinery is not one of the first skills that comes to mind when we think of UN peacekeepers, but construction skills are an important component of the blue helmets’ competency toolkit. Read the full story, “Peacekeepers turn ground-breakers in the Central African Republic”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow […]

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