Women from climate-vulnerable countries face devastating impacts and are disproportionately affected by disasters, which is why they must be included in the UN’s Loss and Damage Fund.
A new study examines the user perceptions and experiences of using Ethereum as a microcredit system in developing countries.
The PALM scheme has some problematic elements, and there are mixed feelings about it within Pacific Island countries.
As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely-populated cities.
The world’s refugee population is disproportionately affected by mental health disorders, but access to help and resources is often limited or non-existent.
Unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccine fuelled calls for a patent waiver, but any major change needs to ensure a better outcome for developing economies.
The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don’t know whether it spreads from human to human.
How is the way we currently consume fashion pressuring the environment and supply chains? Where will we find ourselves in 50 years if our behaviours don’t change? And importantly … what will we wear?
They cover more than 70% of our planet, so why aren’t oceans more central to climate talks?
A multi-city research collaboration aims to provide cheap oxygen conversion units to save lives in village hospitals.
While the pandemic has been a blow to women’s rights, new forms of engagement are opening avenues for women to make their voices heard.
The pandemic is likely to intensify the harmful effects of child marriage, increasing exposure to violence, and decreasing access to healthcare and support networks.
An international study suggests that despite the many challenges, schools and teachers have responded with creativity and flexibility to providing inclusive education during COVID-19.
With its UN Security Council role soon coming to an end, what will Indonesia’s new-found global reputation for women, security and peace-building mean for the Indo-Pacific region?
Getting clean water to natural disaster areas can be difficult, but a simple water filtering device could circumvent the problem.
Agencies working to protect vulnerable women and children, often in fragile and conflict-affected countries, are coming under increasing pressure in delivering their services during the COVID-19 global crisis.
Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.
Approximately 40 million people worldwide are enslaved in some way. And if you think your hands are clean, you’re wrong.
They’re on the front line of climate change, but many women in at-risk regions continue to be ignored in global mitigation discussions.
New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.
Researchers have given voice to the often overlooked adolescents languishing in a vast Bangladesh refugee camp.
A collaboration with Oxfam is radically improving the lives of women in rural communities in Bangladesh through mobile phone technology.
A landmark sex workers' court case in Melbourne led to the establishment of a modern legal definition of slavery in international law.
Sustainability and ethical production are becoming central to fashion design and manufacturing.
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