PRESS RELEASE: Colombia: Indigenous Peoples will die from COVID-19 or from hunger if the state does not act immediately

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If the authorities do not take urgent action, Indigenous Peoples will find themselves at a crossroads facing two unthinkable paths: starve or die of the pandemic Fernanda Doz Costa, deputy Americas director at Amnesty International

Open letter: the EU must not sit idly by while a Member State’s democracy is in jeopardy

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The following letter, signed by 80 MEPs and civil society groups, was sent to the presidents of the European Commission and Council to protest the emergency powers in Hungary.

ONE World: Global pandemic demands global response

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ONE WORLD, the global anti poverty campaign is promoting a a global response that put poor and vulnerable people at the center of all the efforts to fight covid 19 and its consequences.

LETTER FROM 13 EU ENVIROMENT MINISTRIES : The GREEN DEAL SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF EU POST COVID RECOVERY PLAN

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The world is facing an unprecedented crisis. In just a few weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has swept across the world and caused tremendous human tragedy and a historical economic setback of which we still do not know the full impact.

PRESS RELEASE: G20 suspends debt repayments for the world's poorest countries

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"Our efforts must continue and be amplified. We commit to use all available policy tools to support the global economy, boost confidence, maintain financial stability and prevent deep and prolonged economic effects."

PRESS RELEASE: Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

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A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector.

PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement

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Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization.

30 Million People could die if emergency food supply is stopped, WFP chief

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In an interview to the Globe and Mail, one of the premier Canadian dailies, David Beasley, executive director of theWorld Food Program, WFP and former American politician, says that 30 millions people could die of starvation due to the covid 19.

Press Release: NAMI Calls on Congress to Respond to the Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Caused By the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness, is calling the Congress to address mental health crisis.

From the ILO: Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

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The International Labor Organization highlights five reasons why young workers are going to be more affected by the pandemic: 1) Lack of experience in relation to senior/more experienced employees, 2) Young people work in the informal economy, they can't just take some days off, 3) Many youth are in part time, less protected and paid jobs, 4) Young people work in industries affected 5)Automation

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