InterAction members are providing aid to displaced peoples and those suffering from extreme food and water shortages in the Horn of Africa during what is being called the worst drought in 60 years.
More than 10 million people are in need of immediate assistance, and 1.5 million people are displaced according to UN estimates. Poor rains have also contributed to massive livestock deaths, which undermine the livelihoods of many.
North Sudan has said that it will recognize Southern Sudan as an independent nation when the country succeeds tonight at midnight.
The new country has been gearing up for independence celebrations, but the situation is tense as questions over borders are unresolved, clashes continue, and both countries remain intrinsically linked for oil revenue.
A New York federal appeals court has prevented the U.S. government from requiring an anti-prostitution pledge from organizations receiving government funding in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
Valerie Amos, the UN's under-secretary-general and emergency relief coordinator, will address the opening session of Forum 2011 focusing on the shifting landscape for humanitarian action around the world.
Global Health Council released a paper this week on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), linking progress and treatment as essential to the success of the Millennium Development Goals.
GHC outlines how traditional developing diseases are at times, symptoms of other chronic diseases. For example in India, approximately 15 percent of new TB cases are contracted as a secondary effect of diabetes.
The paper advocates strengthening health systems and their capability to tread NCDs and proposes a global partnership with global and national benchmarks for NCD prevention.
Thursday, June 22 ,2011, ViewChange.org premiered online “To Educate a Girl,” a film that marks the progress of the eighth Millenium Development Goal, universal education, five years from the 2015 deadline. The film will broadcast on LinkTV, Friday, June 24, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. EDT
In the midst of poverty and conflict, filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky set out to answer the question, “What does it take to educate a girl?” The film follows the stories of several girls in Nepal and Uganda at a time when both countries are emerging from war.
As we celebrate the 10th annual World Refugee Day, the number of people struggling to escape from conflict in some Middle Eastern and African countries is at an all-time high. InterAction members are working in this highly volatile part of the world and in other countries to serve and protect the many who have been involuntarily displaced from their homes.
This special web feature seeks to amplify the outstanding work of alliance members and raise awareness about the plight of refugees around the world.
Save the Children announced yesterday that its board of trustees appointed Carolyn Miles as its new president and CEO. Miles will be the first woman to lead the organization in its 80 year history.
“She has an in-depth knowledge of global children’s issues, many years of experience in leading large organizations and is highly results driven. But most importantly, she has an authentic passion for our mission, to make lasting change in the lives of the children who need us most.” said Anne Mulcahy, Save the Children’s Board Chair.
Social and economic barriers to inclusion means that disabled children attend fewer years of school, have less access to health care and have a harder time finding jobs. Though disability transcends economic and country borders, nearly 80 percent of people living with disabilities are in developing countries.
Until now, disability has been largely excluded from development discussions, but this report advocates for its inclusion.
President Ali Abjullah Saleh, who has held the top office in Yemen for nearly 33 years, was injured when tribal leaders stormed the presidential palace on Friday. A government official said the president had been “lightly injured” in the attack.
The U.S. and other Western countries have been trying to broker a peaceful deal to allow Saleh to step down in exchange for amnesty from prosecution, but Saleh has walked away from three different offers despite intense local and global pressure.
