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More Than 4.1 Million Ukrainian Refugees Flee War

Nearly 4.14 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia's full-scale invasion began on 24 February, with tens of thousands continuing to flood into neighbouring countries each day, United Nations (UN) numbers show.The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said Saturday that 4,137,842 Ukrainians had fled in just over five weeks, an increase of 34,966 on the figure given Friday.Women and children account for 90 percent of those who have left Ukraine, with men aged 18 to 60 eligible for mil

3 April 2022
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Philippines Raises Age Of Sexual Consent To 16

The Philippines has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 after amending a near century-old law, a move child rights activists said Monday would help protect youngsters from rape and abuse.The Catholic-majority nation had one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, allowing adults to have sex with children as young as 12 if they agreed.Under the revised law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday and made public Monday, sex with a person under 16 will be illegal and carry a maximum

9 March 2022
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A Global Institution For An Aging World

The pandemic has made global aging impossible to ignore as COVID-19-related mortality rises sharply with age. The intersection of the pandemic and this new demographic reality has exposed a gap in our global governance architecture. There is no single international institution responsible for safeguarding the rights and advocating for the interests of the world’s fastest-growing age group – those 65 and over.

4 October 2021
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Climate Crisis: A Billion Children At Extreme Risk

Almost half the world’s 2.2 billion children are already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis and pollution, according to a report from the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The UN agency’s head called the situation “unimaginably dire”.Nearly every child around the world was at risk from at least one of these impacts today, including heatwaves, floods, cyclones, disease, drought, and air pollution, the report said.

20 August 2021
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Rich Countries Can Afford To Donate Jabs: UNICEF

Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union (EU) can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own goals, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Monday.The world's seven richest states and the EU could help close the world's vaccine gap by sharing just 20 percent of their June, July and August stocks with the COVAX jab scheme for poorer nations, a study by British firm Airfinity showed."And they

17 May 2021
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The Impacts Of COVID-19 On Child Labour

According to data from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), an estimated 122 million children aged between five- and 14-years old work for their survival in Asia. Nevertheless, the actual figures for child labour are uncertain given the variations in the definition of child labour in different countries including variations in age of employability and nature of employment.

27 February 2021
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Fighting Childhood Obesity In Southeast Asia

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the prevalence of childhood obesity has increased at an alarming rate globally.Southeast Asia has seen an upward trend in childhood obesity during the last 10 to 15 years.

9 January 2021
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Let’s Talk About Period Poverty

In 2019, Zuraidah Daut, a social activist in the east coast state of Kelantan in Malaysia initiated an investigation into the mystery of a girl’s absence from school. What she discovered was appalling. The girl was too poor to buy sanitary products and missed out on days of school. This motivated the activist to start the “Projek Oh! Bulan” (Oh! Moon Project) where she would set empty boxes at grocery stores and salons for people to donate menstrual supplies for those in need.

11 December 2020
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To Lock Down Or Not To Lock Down?

For the past three months, Melbourne, the metropolitan area of nearly five million people, and capital of the Australian state of Victoria, has been under one of the world’s tightest lockdowns.

9 October 2020
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COVID-19: Pushing Millions Into Poverty?

The coronavirus pandemic does not discriminate. The deadly COVID-19 virus infects anyone exposed it regardless of age, ethnicity, gender or living conditions. When it comes to the impacts of the crisis - livelihoods, local industries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and even large corporations are severely affected.

23 June 2020
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Is Child Labour On The Rise Amid The Pandemic?

According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), about 122 million children aged between five- and 14-years old work for their survival in Asia. Some surveys estimate that there are around 152 to 168 million child labourers across the world. The actual figure is unclear given the variations in the definition of child labour in different countries including variations in age of employability and nature of employment.

15 June 2020
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