Development

The European Union (EU) and the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) today signed a grant Agreement worth around 23 million EUR to implement a new project styled “Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People (PPEPP)-European Union”. The...

Following “severe objections” about their dress code, Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders ordered all national and international NGOs to stop employing women, the economy ministry reported on Saturday. The decree threatened to suspend the non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) operating...

Continuing attacks on critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine have left almost every child in Ukraine – nearly seven million children – without sustained access to electricity, heating and water, putting them at increased risk as temperatures...

The efforts of national and local Authorities and the scale up of humanitarian assistance to respond to the impact of the longest and most severe drought in Somalia’s recent history has prevented famine thresholds from being...

Children as young as eight are still at risk around the world from unlawful recruitment by armed forces or armed gangs despite a landmark agreement 15 years ago in Paris to combat the use of children...

Racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language, and religion are rife in countries across the world, according to a new UNICEF report published ahead of World Children’s Day. Rights denied: The impact of...

The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) emanated educational, scientific, and cultural agency ICESCO has nominated SERAC-Bangladesh’s Executive Director SM Shaikat as its youth peace ambassador in Bangladesh for his outstanding contribution in the promotion of peace,...

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to Uttar Pradesh in northern India this week to visit UNICEF programmes helping to improve children’s education, and access to health, nutrition, and protection. During the two-day visit, Chopra...

Schools for more than 2 million children in Pakistan remain completely inaccessible after the most severe flooding in the country’s history destroyed or damaged nearly 27,000 schools in the country. “Almost overnight, millions of Pakistan’s children...

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan, with some communities likely to face starvation if humanitarian assistance is not sustained and climate adaptation measures are not...