Children’s right to freedom of religion or belief must be protected, says UN expert

The United Nations expert on religious freedom is calling on all Governments represented at the UN General Assembly “to respect religious practices by children and their families and support familie...

Smugglers will adapt as long there is a market to exploit, warn UN experts on migrant rights

Two United Nations experts on the human rights of migrants today called on the European Union to open regular and safe channels for migrants, saying “attempting to seal borders and the over-emphasis...

Pakistan says cannot kill Taliban while inviting them to peace talks

'Chill wind' in policing fueling national murder spike -FBI head

Nine killed after mortars hit protest in Libya's Benghazi

Adopting new resolution, Security Council extends arms embargoes imposed on Somalia and Eritrea

The United Nations Security Council today extended the arms embargo on Somalia until 15 November 2016 while reaffirming the country’s sovereignty over its natural resources, while also reaffirming i...

Indigenous lands are going up in smoke in the Amazon - because of illegal logging

In just two months, fire has consumed over 45 percent of the Amazon rainforest in the Arariboia Indigenous Land -- an area of protected forest that is home to thousands of people. And despite their ef...

Victories in Mexico for healthy food

Let me share some good news! So far 2015 has been a promising year for our campaign for healthy food in Mexico. This doesn't mean that everything related to food and agriculture is now perfect in Mexi...

“Los niños ven la guerra como algo mejor que este viaje”

23 Octubre 2015 Rand tiene 30 años y es originaria de Damasco. Llevó a dos niños que viajaban con ella a la clínica de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) en Bapska, en la frontera entre Serbia y Croacia...

“Nuestros hijos temblaban de frío”

23 Octubre 2015 Mohammed, un contable proveniente de Idlib, su esposa Bayan, y sus hermanos Obaida y Abdullah viajaban desde Siria con su primo Suha y sus dos hijos, Waleed y Leen, de 5 y 4 años resp...

México: El aumento de las denuncias de tortura revela una creciente crisis de derechos humanos

Amnistía Internacional publica un contundente análisis sobre el uso de la tortura y otros malos tratos en México

Fleeing gangs, Salvadoran tailors make new life in Mexico

Threatened by murderous "mara" street gangs, family of five from San Salvador joined thousands from their Central American homeland seeking refuge in neighboring Mexico

UNHCR flags winter relief operations for refugees

Aid destined to refugees and migrants includes shelters, tents and sleeping bags

Fearing rough seas, refugees chance Bulgaria land route

Some 13,000 asylum-seekers who have beaten a path through Bulgaria this year on a trek to find a safer overland route to Europe

Three ways people power is changing the tuna industry for good

The tuna industry is out of control. It is emptying the oceans of fish, killing other marine creatures like sharks and sea turtles — even abusing workers, who spend months or years at sea for meager...

MzVee, artista invitada de #Music4Dev, espera con su música ayudar a poner fin a la pobreza

Eso es dedicación.   MzVee desea contribuir en la lucha contra la pobreza, pero no solo en su país –Ghana– sino en todo el mundo. Por ello, la cantante y compositora escribió una canción sobr...

Leading with Data

Why data and information are critical to strengthen higher education’s bridge to opportunity.

MSF atiende cinco veces más pacientes tras el brote de violencia en Hebrón

22 Octubre 2015 En las últimas semanas, la tensión ha aumentado en la ciudad palestina de Hebrón, en Cisjordania, donde los enfrentamientos entre familias palestinas que viven en el barrio conocido...

The road to sustainable development runs through Istanbul and the Humanitarian Summit

The road to sustainable development runs through Istanbul and the Humanitarian Summit

Más de 200.000 personas de todo el mundo exigen la libertad inmediata e incondicional de dos activistas marroquíes

Bahréin: La condena a un año de cárcel para una activista que rompió una foto del rey, un ataque en venganza a la libertad de expresión

Ministerial Pledging Conference on Somali Refugees

European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 21 October 2015 Somalia remains one of the countries with the largest and most protracted displaced communities worldwide with 1.1 million internally displac...

The European Union announces new support for Somali refugees

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 21 October 2015 The European Union will announce €60 million in additional support for Somali refugees at a Ministerial Pledging Conference in Brussels ...

Innovation in measurement – to save lives and ensure local relevance

If meaningful progress is to be made towards reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths, the role of effective coverage measurement is critical to gauge global and national progress.

El camino hacia la fijación del precio del carbono

En solo seis semanas, los líderes del mundo se reunirán en París (i) para negociar un nuevo acuerdo sobre el cambio climático. Hasta la fecha, 150 países han presentado sus planes detallados sobr...

Providing care and protection, in Ebola times and beyond

KANIA, Sierra Leone, 19 October 2015 – After two days suffering severe headaches, Mamadu Sesay thought he might have contracted the Ebola virus. Fearing the worst, Mamudu made his way to the Kania C...

Cinco obstáculos que impiden a las personas en los países en desarrollo tener acceso a los servicios financieros

Los productos financieros deben ser adaptados a las necesidades de las mujeres, ya sea facilitándoles la apertura de sus propias cuentas o mejorando sus conocimientos financieros. Foto: Colección de...

New phase launched of EU programme to increase social cohesion in Latin America

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 19 October 2015 The European Commission launched today EUROsociAL+, a new phase of the EU programme to increase social cohesion in Latin America, at an ev...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a partnership to save children from malnutrition

KAILO, Democratic Republic of Congo, 13 October 2015 – Dada Furaha, 18, is a relieved mother since she learned how to protect her 18-month-old son Jean-Marie from malnutrition. The boy had been very...

Caught in Europe’s refugee crisis, children caring for themselves and each other

PRESEVO, Serbia, 13 October 2015 – It is difficult to make out the boy’s name as he tries to speak through sobs. He is overwhelmed by the thousands of people milling around him in the street, and...

A bill to limit access to property registers in Russia will hide corruption

In Russia, finding out who owns that Italianate villa or luxury apartment is currently possible thanks to the Unified State Register of Rights to Immovable Property, a government database managed by R...

New milestone in fight against global corruption

On 25 September 2015, the world’s leaders assembled at the UN in New York and made a historic statement in approving 17 key objectives to focus actions across the globe to bring the core strengths o...

Practicing open data: publishing court decisions in Germany

In order to hold government to account, people need to know what it is doing. That is why it is so important for civil society to be able to have access to information on all types of government actio...

Canadá y el BID: socios para la prosperidad

En 2015, Canadá y el BID reflejan años de colaboración

La Pesca en Pará, un Negocio Femenino

En Vila Castelo, una aldea en el estado Pará en Brasil, las mujeres son pescadoras y aprenden a ser microempresarias con apoyo del BID.

Forjadoras del Nuevo Apartadó

La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.