WHO pledges to advance women’s empowerment and health
The commitments focused on ending gender-based violence; advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights; and supporting health workers as well as feminist movements and leadership.
Month: July 2021
CCP buys media influence by paying millions to US dailies, magazines: report
By ANI Washington DC [US]: China‘s propaganda outlet China Daily paid millions to prominent US newspapers and magazines in the last
In spite of chequered past, Bangladesh Turkey ties continue to deepen
In 1983, a year after assuming power in a coup as Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) and later becoming president, Hussain Muhammad Ershad invited Turkey to establish an airbase in Bangladesh
Digital Transformation – The Connected Learning Community Approach
This is the fifth column we present by Roshini Kumar on Digital Transformation of Education
Covid recovered with one/two doses of vaccine have higher protection against Coronavirus Delta variant: Study
Prior vaccination results in less severe disease against subsequent infection provide evidence that both humoral and cellular immune response play an important role in protection, according to the study
Landmark gender equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026
With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the table negotiating peace”, the historic Generation Equality Forum in Paris concluded on Friday with new commitments designed to address that, and other injustices.
Migrant worker numbers rise by five million: ILO
The number of international migrant workers has increased from 164 to 169 million, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, noting a marked rise in the number of young people seeking opportunities abroad, too.
Rife COVID-19 variants fuel Africa’s surging wave
Brazzaville, 1 July 2021 – As COVID-19 case numbers in Africa climb faster than all earlier
Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary
China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding.
COVID-19 impact on tourism could deal $4 trillion blow to global economy: UN report
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4 trillion loss to the global economy, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday in a report issued jointly with the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).