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$40bn required annually to end global energy poverty, says Damilola Ogunbiyi, UN Sec Gen Special Rep
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All, Damilola Ogunbiyi, has said that the world needs an annual investment of $40billion from now till 2030 to end to global energy poverty which has kept millions of people around in abject poverty. Ogunbiyi who was the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency before her current…
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ILO’s revised code of practice to benefit 229 million construction workers globally
More than 229 million construction workers around the globe may benefit from a revised and updated code of practice on safety and health, adopted by International Labour Organization (ILO) experts from government and employers’ and workers’ organizations. The updated code, discussed during a five-day meeting of experts (21-25 February), could play an important role in countries where construction is an economic engine…
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UNDP launches $1.1bn flash appeal fund to help 6 million Ukrainians
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a $1.1billion Flash Appeal Fund to provide six million people in Ukraine in need of humanitarian assistance and protection over the next 3 months. UNDP is joining with UN agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations and civil society to provide a comprehensive response to the escalating crisis in Ukraine both within the…
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World Bank-IMF joint statement condemns Russia’s war in Ukraine
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank Group President David Malpass today issued the following statement on the war in Ukraine. “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the devastating human and economic toll brought by the war in Ukraine. People are being killed, injured, and forced to flee, and massive damage is caused to the…
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World Bank names 23 countries with improved laws to advance economic rights for women, says 2.4billion women disadvantaged
Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Globally, women still have…
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Nigeria professional women in Cotonou, deliberate on nation building roles
Mosunmola Ayobami Nigerian women are not leaving any stone unturned in their quest to break the age old taboo, which has always relegated the womenfolk to the background, especially in some African societies. It was Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States of America, who said that “There is no limit to what we, as women can accomplish.”…
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Buhari shares Nigeria’s strategy on immunization, primary health care
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said steady progress was being made in achieving the targets set out in Nigeria’s Strategy for Immunization and Primary Health Care System Strengthening, with preliminary reports showing that coverage for the third dose of the pentavalent vaccine increased from 33 percent in 2017 to 63 percent in 2019. The President, who received Gavi Alliance…
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6 out 7 people worldwide feel sense of insecurity, UNDP
Despite significant progress and advancement in all areas of development, vast majority of people living in the world do not feel secure according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on human security released earlier this week New data and analysis in the report, New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene, shows that people’s sense of safety and…
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UNICEF lists six grave violations against children in conflict zones
To mark the 25th anniversary of Graca Machel’s report on the impact of armed conflict on children around the world, United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) released a statement calling for urgent action to protect children in war and other conflict situations around the world. Armed forces, militias and other non-state armed groups are required by international humanitarian law to…
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Five African leaders launch Global Fund’s $18bn campaign to fight AIDS, TB, malaria
Amid the worldwide disruption to public health caused by Covid-19 pandemic, Presidents of South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, DRC Congo, Senegal on Wednesday 23, February virtually launched $18billion Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment campaign to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a global health summit in Geneva. In a Global Fund’s Investment Case released in Geneva, the premier global agency expressed gratitude…
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