Daily Archives: June 28, 2016

UNICEF report: Growing inequalities threaten most disadvantaged kids

Some 69 million children under five years of age will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty, and 750 million women will have been married as children by 2030, unless the world focuses more on the plight of its most disadvantaged children, according to a United Nations report published today.

UN agencies to meet on El Niño’s ‘devastating impact’ in Central America’s Dry Corridor

With the El Niño climate event devastating Central America’s so-called Dry Corridor, where one of the worst droughts in decades has left 3.5 million people food insecure, United Nations agencies will gather this week to discuss ways to improve the long-term response to the weather developments in the region.

2016-06-28T20:19:11-04:0028 Jun 2016|Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, News|
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