Global Leaders Urge Participation in High-Level Financing Conference to Fund Education for 222 Million Crisis-Impacted Children
3 Februari 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentYasmine Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, sees the ECW High-Level Financing Conference as crucial to turning the agreements from the Transforming Education Summit into action. Credit: ECW By Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Feb 3 2023 (IPS) The world is in the throng of a monumental, damaging, and unprecedented global education […]
Read MoreWorld: Up to 222 million crisis-affected children urgently need education support
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: World Sources: Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Plan International “From Ukraine to South Sudan, conflict is disrupting girls’ education as families are forced to flee for their safety – indeed, half of all refugee children are out of school,” said Plan’s Omollo.
Read MoreElectric vehicles can reduce incidents of asthma
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/atimedia Chalk another benefit up for electric vehicles. Not only do they help us reduce C02 emissions, they can also help reduce incidents of asthma. So says a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California who examined the role that EVs […]
Read MoreThe Practical Effects of the Building Safety Act 2022
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe first provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force on 28 June 2022 and the remainder are expected to be implemented by October 2023. The BSA introduces a new regime governing the design, construction, maintenance, and occupation of buildings and has been classed as the most […]
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Peru’s Democracy at a Crossroads
2 Februari 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBy Ines M PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 2 2023 (IPS) On 25 January, roughly six weeks after being sworn in following her predecessor’s removal, Peruvian president Dina Boluarte finally recognised that elections were the only way out of political crisis. Elections were rescheduled for April 2024, much earlier than the end […]
Read MoreMeasles and cholera outbreaks pose deadly threat to already malnourished children in Ethiopia
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Ethiopia Source: Save the Children More than 13 million people, including 6.8 million children, need safe water. The situation is likely to get worse in the January-March dry season, while the April rains are set to be below average.
Read MoreWe ‘won’t succeed’ in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/Kanenori Scientific consensus has it that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is our best bet of saving the planet and everyone on it from the worst effects of a changing climate. That target, enshrined in the Paris Agreement, seems increasingly out of reach as greenhouse gas emissions […]
Read MoreWhistleblowers Now Protected Under Workplace Nondiscrimination Law
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentDiscriminatory practices in the workplace are strictly prohibited by Article L. 1132-1 of the French Labor Code and Article 225-1 of the French Criminal Code. Prohibited treatment includes treating an employee, a job applicant, or an applicant for an internship or a training course differently or unfavorably compared to another […]
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Who are Humanitarian Journalists?
1 Februari 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCredit: Ramón Díaz Yanes – Cartoon Movement’. The image was originally featured in The New Humanitarian | Why so many humanitarian crises are ‘forgotten’, and 5 ideas to change that By Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel BunceNORWICH / EDINBURGH / LONDON, Feb 1 2023 (IPS) In a new book, […]
Read MoreSECURE 2.0 Act Legislation Includes Significant Changes to Individual Retirement Accounts
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentLate last year, Congress enacted a sweeping set of new retirement savings rules. The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0), included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, builds on the significant retirement savings changes previously enacted by the original SECURE Act of 2019. The changes affect both […]
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