The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about a recent Dominican Constitutional Court’s ruling that the country’s recognition of the competence of the Inter-American Court...
Two United Nations human rights experts were forced to suspend an integral part of their visit to The Gambia this week when they were denied access to parts of a prison and prevented from completing a...
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict expressed concern today about allegations circulating in Darfur local media over the mass rape of 200 ...
A shift to a cleaner and brighter energy future is not just a matter of technology or economics anymore. It is also a matter of political will. And although our leaders don't seem to get it, people do...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email A Malaysian appeals court ruling that a ban on cross-dressing was unconstitutional is an important victory for the rights of transgender people in Malaysia, Human Righ...
Governments, academics and tech gurus over the last couple of years have been transfixed with the prospect that better and bigger data can help us solve the world’s more entrenched problems – incl...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Mexican government delayed investigations into the enforced disappearances of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero State, and the killing of 22 people in Tlatlaya, Mexi...
Governor Ito of Kagoshima, today bent to the will of the nuclear industry in granting approval for the highly contentious restart of the two Sendai nuclear reactors. In an effort to avoid full respons...
On November 8, 2013 the world stood still and witnessed the largest tropical cyclone ever recorded in history make landfall in Tacloban, Philippines. The scale and magnitude of the damage it left behi...
7 Noviembre 2014 Cerca de 1.700 personas reciben tratamiento en las Colinas de Chittagong, una zona aislada donde la enfermedad es endémica. Trabajadores de salud en Alikadam upazila, en las Colinas ...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Lebanese government forcibly returned Syrian national Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Hamdan to Syria on September 28, despite his fear of detention and torture by the Syrian...
Investing in health is a good thing, but is it also a smart thing? Given our focus on improving conditions for the poorest populations, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is making significant invest...
Having a roof over their heads has helped the Aguilar family in the central Philippines to face their fears and plan for the future.
Tacloban, Philippines, 6 November 2014 — “Who knew photography could open my eyes to a lot of things, and make me look at life differently?” says Jopet Arce, a fourth-year high school student fr...
6 Noviembre 2014 Halima Ashir, madre de Ahmed, un niño de un año, paciente de MSF en Degehbur, Etiopía. Hospital de Degehbur, Etiopía © MSF Una madre jovial, una familia llena de júbilo y una al...
A year after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, people like Bartoleme and have rebuilt their lives and homes with help from the UN refugee agency, UPS and other organizations.
Malcolm Hill makes it a point every Friday to have brief, one-on-one meetings with the other seven science teachers at his school. The individual meetings are one of many leadership strategies Hill le...
Vicki Phillips shares how personalized learning is accelerating and deepening student learning in powerful ways.
President Michael D. Higgins makes a call for stepped up assistance during a visit to Tierkidi refugee camp in western Ethiopia's Gambella region.
NEW YORK, United States of America, 4 November 2014 – For most children, Sri Lanka’s universal primary education policies of the past 70 years have been a success. About 98 per cent of children co...
“Quizás hubo tiempos más bellos, pero este es el nuestro”. – Jean-Paul Sartre Cuando me tatué esa cita del filósofo francés en mi brazo no estaba pensando en la pobreza mundial. No es...
4 Noviembre 2014 En el centro de tratamiento de Ébola de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) en Guéckédou, Guinea, un equipo de siete personas proporciona apoyo psicosocial a las personas y comunidades af...
La industria mundial de la ropa se ha visto obligada a enfrentar algunas realidades duras y desagradables durante estos últimos años, y se la ha criticado por comprometerse en una “carrera hast...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 3 November 2014 – These days in Sierra Leone, most people do all they can to stay clear of hospitals and health centres, where those infected with Ebola virus are being shelt...
También disponible en: English “He enviado mucho dinero a mi familia en los últimos años y estoy cansado de tirar por la ventana casi el 10 % cada vez”. Emile, un joven camerunés que vive en ...
Desde sus inicios en 2011, la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (Open Government Partnership, OGP) ha intentado promover una visión del mundo donde los gobiernos sean transparentes, inclusivos y rinda...
European Commission Press release Brussels, 28 October 2014 The European Commission announced today that €217.8 million will be given to education and vocational training in Greenland for the period...
Since its inception in 2011, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has sought to advance a vision of the world where governments are transparent, accountable, and inclusive. It is catching on. The OGP...
European Commission Press release Brussels, 27 October 2014 Today, the EU has confirmed that it will support the wider region of the Horn of Africa with a total of €3 billion until 2020. The announc...
European Commission Press release Luxembourg, 20 October 2014 The European Union (EU) and the Republic of Tajikistan held their fourth Cooperation Council meeting on 20 October 2014. The meeting was c...
En Vila Castelo, una aldea en el estado Pará en Brasil, las mujeres son pescadoras y aprenden a ser microempresarias con apoyo del BID.
La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.
El BID apoya la reestructuración y ampliación del aeropuerto internacional más grande de Costa Rica.