Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity | June-November 2023 Outlook

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FAO and WFP warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots – comprising a total 22 countries – during from June to November 2023.

OXFAM: Top five arms exporters hit yearly sales of $85 billion as 9,000 people die from conflict-driven hunger every day

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Published: 22nd May 2023 Learn more Hunger crisis in South Sudan Conflicts and disasters Somalia Global military spending reached $2.2 trillion last year, enough to cover the UN appeal more than 42 times.

SAVE THE CHILDREN: ONE IN THREE GIRL MIGRANTS IN NORTH AFRICA EXPERIENCE OR WITNESS ABUSE ON THEIR WAY TO SPAIN AND ITALY, NEW RESEARCH FINDS

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TUNIS 31 May 2023: One in three girl migrants interviewed in North Africa experienced or witnessed sexual abuse or other forms of gender-based violence while fleeing their home countries to find safety, according to a new study released by Save the Children today.

Celebrating the diversity of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

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FAO awards 24 systems in 12 countries, as immersive experience showcases GIAHS’ role

Call for tender: Asia and the Pacific Implementation partner for the Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions Project

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IFAD intends to allocate grant funds from the resources under the Supplementary Fund Grant from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), Republic of Korea for the implementation of the grant Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDs).

PEOPLE POWERED: Apply: Create democratic solutions for climate and digital challenges

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Selected participants will receive funding, free access to online training, expert mentoring and advice, and international peer-learning opportunities as they develop a project to launch a digital policy or climate-focused participatory program.

Call for papers - Reckoning with the past and imagining the futures of development research and practice

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On 13 and 14 November 2023, the International Institute of Social Studies will host the hybrid Development Dialogue on Reckoning with the past and imagining the futures of development research and practice. With this call we invite researchers to submit proposals for a presentation on the conference theme.

Embracing fairplay as a fundamental value in sports

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"The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well." - Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee.

Story "Nature is part of us" (UNESCO)

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How Guarani indigenous wisdom inspires the management of a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Mata Atlântica (Brazil)

[Joint Statement] Bangladesh: Government must investigate all cases of enforced disappearance, stop acts of retaliation, hold perpetrators accountable, and ensure the security of victims’ families

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Melbourne/ Hong Kong/ Manila/ Kuala Lumpur/ Bangkok/ Dhaka/ Geneva/ Paris/ London/ Washington, D.C.; 25 May 2023: We, the undersigned organisations, are seriously concerned over the unabated enforced disappearances in Bangladesh amid the denial of access to justice for the victims. We also express our deep concern regarding the plight of the victims’ families, lack of accountability....

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