WASHINGTON, February 23, 2021 – Countries are inching toward greater gender equality, but women around the world continue to face laws and regulations that restrict their economic opportunity, with the COVID-19 pandemic creating new challenges to their health, safety, and economic security, a new World Bank report says.

The WHO must have more autonomy from the member states, this is one of the conclusions of the Indipendent Panel For Pandemic Preparedness that is co-chaired by -Chairs are the Rt Hon. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia.

A proposal from The Greens/European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament could be a game changer in the fight against child labor.

"Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) announced on February 17th the winners of the global 2020 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using ArcGIS StoryMaps, storytellers from 47 countries submitted location-based, data-driven stories that addressed one or more SDGs."