by Agency Reporter | Aug 17, 2024 | Briefing
GROWING numbers of children in care are being moved to children’s homes and foster carers far from family, friends, school and community, due to a shortage of suitable homes locally. These moves often happen without warning and have a devastating impact on children’s...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 17, 2024 | Briefing
TWO rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip, to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2). The World Health Organisation and UNICEF request all parties...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 16, 2024 | Briefing
A new report from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) reveals how the experience of being a carer influences the courses young adults want to study. The report is based on insight from UCAS’ application and survey data, and a new set of widening...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 16, 2024 | Briefing
MEMBERS of Afghan civil society have voiced their intense frustration with the international community, in a consultation organised by Amnesty International to mark three years since the Taliban de facto authorities took control of Afghanistan. Amnesty spoke to Afghan...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 15, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT published by The Wildlife Trusts, Embracing Nature, identifies drought as the current leading threat to their nature reserves for the first time. The Wildlife Trusts, who are among the UK’s largest landowners with 2,600 nature reserves covering nearly...
