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Typhoon Yagi Devastates Southeast Asia
In early September, Typhoon Yagi, a deadly tropical cyclone, hit Southeast Asia and Southern China, causing widespread destruction. According to the United Nations (UN), wind speeds, reaching 213...
Multilateral Systems in Urgent Need of Reform, Says UN Secretary General
As the United Nations gears up to host the international community for the high-level meeting week, the UN chief appeals to world leaders to commit to universal agreements to work towards solutio...
Amid Great Challenges, Hope Reigns As More Children Reached with Education Support
Amid unprecedented global challenges and a growing list of countries in crisis, there is an existential threat to decades of development gains—with the global community marked by intensified ar...
UN’s Summit of the Future to Forge a New Path for Humanity
A major event at UN Headquarters – Summit of the Future scheduled for September 22-23– is being billed as a once in a generation opportunity for the international community to grapple with im...
UN’s Five Major Leaders Skip Key Summit
The United Nations, over the last year, has been relentlessly promoting the upcoming Summit of the Future – scheduled for September 22-23—as a landmark event. And rightly so. But, surprisingl...
Mexican chinampas survive surrounded by threats
Mexican Crescencio Hernández orders radishes, herbs and lettuce for shipment to an alternative market in west-central Mexico City. The vegetables have been harvested from his chinampa, a pre-His...
Governments Using Billions of Public Funds to Subsidize Climate-Destructive Industries—Report
A report examining corporate capture of public finance is accusing industries fueling the climate crisis, including fossil fuel ones, of draining public funds in the Global South, singling them o...
Explainer: Why Venezuela Needs To Reduce Its Gas Flaring
The red and orange illuminated night in Venezuela may look beautiful, but they are a result of gas flaring in the oil fields of Monagas. To meet its Paris Agreement goals, the Caribbean country ...
Nagorno-Karabakh: One Year After the Ethnic Cleansing
It has been 12 months since Hayk Harutyunyan, a 22-year-old photographer from Nagorno-Karabakh, cleaned his house for the last time and closed the door behind him for good. “Every morning, befo...
Where Has Poverty Gone?
Political polarization, the climate emergency, organized crime, migration, and low economic growth currently dominate the public debate in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and rightly so. H...
ECW Delivers Holistic Education Against All Odds, But More Funding Needed
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has delivered quality education to children in crisis “against all odds,” ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif said at the United Nations today. “And you can im...
To Kill the Future, Zero the Past
Today’s weapons are capable of wiping out entire swaths of humanity, demolishing remaining shreds of culture along with them. News coverage of the one-sided Gaza campaign make it plain that’s...
Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens While Polio Vaccine Campaign Succeeds
Today, the chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, confirmed that the first round of Gaza’s polio vaccination ca...
We Stand with the Girls and Women of Afghanistan
Today, we stand with solemn hearts as the world marks this week the three-year ban on girls’ secondary education in Afghanistan. Today and every day, we must stand up for the millions of Afghan...
Are the World’s Ongoing Conflicts in Danger of Going Nuclear?
The constant drumbeat of nuclear threats seems never ending—emanating primarily from the Russians, Israeli right-wing politicians and North Koreans. The threats also prompt one lingering questi...
Odious Debts: What Can Bangladesh Learn from Ecuador?
Bangladesh’s White Paper committee will review foreign loan deals signed by the fallen kleptocratic regime. We recommend that it identifies and declares the loans or portions of loans that did ...
15 Years After the Civil War Ended, Sri Lanka Faces Another Crucial Election
Thousands of Tamils are heading to Mullivaikal on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, many of whom were here 15 years ago and still live in the region. They are there, May 18, to commemorate the ...
Building Inclusive Smart Cities: Bridging the Gender Gap
When the Beijing Declaration was adopted in 1995, it called for the removal of systematic and structure barriers that prevent women and girls from enjoying their human rights across social, econo...
Leaders Can Rise to the Summit, Together
As heads of state and government fly into New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future (September 22-30), 2.3 billion mothers, fathers, and children are unsure wh...
How Much is Too Much for Mount Everest? Isn’t it Time For Sagarmatha to Rest
When Kancha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the first successful Mt. Everest expedition, says it is time for Sagarmatha, as the world’s tallest mountain is known in Nepal, to rest, isn’...
International Day of Democracy
Democracy is as much a process as a goal. For the ideal of Democracy to be enjoyed by everyone, it requires participation and support. The international community, national governing bodies, c...
Global Community Urged to Help Deliver Quality, Holistic Education for Ukrainian Children
In a major escalation of a conflict that started in 2014 and which is the largest in Europe since World War II, Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Since then, thousands of Ukrainian civilia...
Severe Floods in Nigeria Magnify The Dire Humanitarian Crisis
On Monday, the Alau dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed, causing flash floods to ravage neighbouring regions in Nigeria. This comes after weeks of torrential rain, which caused severe struct...
25TH Anniversary Message to the UN: Prioritize the Culture of Peace in its Leadership Agenda
This opinion piece is being published exactly on the date when twenty-five years ago today the UN took its most forward-looking stride in ensuring a peaceful planet for all of us since the signin...
The Deadly US Weapons of Civilian Destruction
As the devastating 11-month-old conflict in Gaza keeps escalating, with over 41,000 mostly civilian killings, and more than 92,000 Palestinians injured –in retaliation for the 1,200 killings in...
A UN 2.0 Needs Robust People’s Civil Society Participation
A cascade of crises endangers our world. Wars conducted without rules, governance devoid of democratic principles, surge in discrimination against women and excluded groups, accelerating climate ...
Incorporate Genetics, Social Support and Place of Residence into Public Health Campaigns
A recent study published in Journal Communications Medicine explores how people from different income levels and urban or rural backgrounds view the factors that influence health across eight ...
Africa Taking Targeted Preparedness Measures as Mpox Cases Increase
As the mpox virus continues to spread to new countries across Africa, triggering a continental health emergency, health authorities are sparing no effort in taking targeted measures to control th...
‘Safe Zone’ Al-Mawasi Bombed, Leaving Dozens Killed
On Tuesday, an airstrike was carried out in Al-Mawasi, on a displacement camp situated on the Gaza Strip. According to the Gaza Civil Defense Agency, 40 people were killed and over 60 were injure...
A Better Tomorrow with South-South Cooperation
The annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, commemorated annually on September 12, serves as a powerful reminder of the spirit of solidarity and cooperation that transcends geograp...
The Global South in the New Cold War
Marginalised and dominated economically by the Global North, developing countries must urgently cooperate to better strive for their shared interests in achieving world peace and sustainable deve...
Rising Temperatures Threaten Our Oceans
Human practices, such as unsustainable fishing, pollution, coastal development, and fossil fuel use have pushed the Earth’s oceans to their limits. This has resulted in warmer, more acidic wate...
Mixed Fortunes for Africa’s Rapid Urbanization—Report
A new report says African cities will record rapid urbanization in the next decade, creating a mixed bag of socio-economic opportunities and challenges for the continent. This development is proj...
TOGO: ‘The International Community Must Send a Clear Message That Power Grabs Won’t Be Tolerated’
CIVICUS discusses the crackdown on civil society in Togo with a human rights defender who asked to stay anonymous for security reasons. Political tensions in Togo have increased following the ...
Women Lead Record Number of Central Banks, but More Progress is Needed
Women are leading more central banks than ever before, thanks to appointments in the past year, but recent gains still leave the share of female governors far short of parity. The number of women...