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Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Cost-of-living crisis driving 'breathtaking' surge in extreme poverty - UNDP

The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday has warned.

Reuters

600,000 Displaced Families Return Home in Iraq

Displacement in Iraq still constitutes a challenge for the authorities in Baghdad, Kurdistan, and international organizations even after five years of the military defeat of ISIS. The Ministry of Migration and Displacement spokesman, Ali Abbas Jahakir, asserts that the total number of displaced families has reached 900,000, adding that about…

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‘Irresponsible’ to cut back aid now: Q&A with UNDP’s Steiner

UNDP’s Steiner says nations should stick to development goals and invest in struggling countries, renewable energy.

Al Jazeera

Bringing MSMEs into inclusive and sustainable global value chains

These businesses are the ones that have faced the harshest of environments over the last few years

The Hindu

Life out in the open

Championing gender rights and embracing diversity by putting it into practice has become the hallmark of Sansiri. Over the past six years, the country's leading real estate company has been committed to promoting equality and inclusiveness at the workplace.

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77% of the Displaced in Yemen Are Women, Children

An estimated 77 percent of the 4.3 million people displaced in Yemen are women and children, according to factsheets released by UNDP. Marib hosts over 60 percent of all Yemeni refugees and asylum-seekers who escaped the hell of Houthi militias that turned the country to one of the world’s largest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NITI Aayog, UNDP officials meet CM

They discuss issues related to Sustainable Development Goals

The Hindu

Stewards of the forest: the pioneering women’s collective harvesting the Gambia’s oysters

The all-female workforce is part of a visionary project committed to protecting the wetland forests. Now their challenge is to earn a sustainable living year-round

The Guardian - UK

Panchayati Raj Ministry, UNDP sign pact on Sustainable Development Goals

New Delhi

The Hindu

UNDP experts complete investigation into destruction of Godavari mangroves

Two-member team interacts with various stakeholders

The Hindu

All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media’s scope

The pioneering Bilan project, funded by UN, will report on gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs

The Guardian - UK

Can Liberia's capital keep the sea out without hurting the coastal economy?

Musa Bamba moved to West Point, a bustling slum on a peninsula jutting out from Liberia’s capital Monrovia, two decades ago. The 48-year-old scrap metal trader bought a plot of land and built a 10-room house, back from the water’s edge, for his family in 2005.

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New EU Funding to Boost Livelihoods, Climate Adaptation in Yemen

The European Union and Sweden have contributed new funding totaling $49.37 million to boost resilience, livelihoods, food security and climate adaptation in Yemen. The new agreement supports the third phase of the Supporting Resilient Livelihoods, Food Security and Climate Adaptation in Yemen - Joint Program (ERRY III) and covers a…

Bangkok Post

Trust 'key' to quest for better world

At this pivotal moment for people and planet, the world has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to advance an inclusive socio-economic recovery from Covid-19 that drives down poverty and inequalities; advances the protection of our natural world; and boosts decisive climate action. Yet the foundations that all these ambitions are built on…

Reuters

Donors concerned over Taliban's U-turn on girls' schools - UNDP head

The head of the United Nations' development agency said on Tuesday that the Taliban administration's U-turn last week on allowing girls to attend high school had created consternation among funders ahead of a key donor conference this week.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv willing to discuss neutrality

Ukraine news from March 27: Ukrainian president says he is prepared to discuss Russia’s neutrality demand.

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Egypt Erects Sand Barriers as Rising Sea Swallows the Nile Delta

The flooding had become inevitable. Every winter, amid heavy rains and storms, the Mediterranean Sea would rise and spill over into fisherman Aziz Lasheen's low-lying village in Egypt's northern governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh. As water poured into the village of Mastroua it would destroy homes, saturate farmland with saltwater and…

Reuters

Ninety percent of Ukrainian population could face poverty in protracted war - UNDP

Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the next year, wiping out two decades of economic gains, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) said on Wednesday.

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