by Staff Writer | Sep 24, 2021 | Briefing
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) has updated its air quality guidelines for the first time in 15 years. The new Guidelines (AQGs) provide clear evidence of the damage air pollution inflicts on human health, at even lower concentrations than previously understood....
by Agency Reporter | Sep 23, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from international development and humanitarian organisation Christian Aid has highlighted the deep inequalities which divide Palestinians and Israelis across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and threaten a further escalation of violence and...
by Staff Writer | Sep 23, 2021 | Briefing
THE WORK AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE’S FIRST REPORT as part of its inquiry into children in poverty underscores the impact of poverty in childhood for children’s lived experiences now, and for outcomes later in life, including in health and education. In addition to...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 22, 2021 | Briefing
THE UNPRECEDENTED IMPACT of the pandemic will wipe out years of hard-won progress in mental health unless there is sustained investment, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has warned. Demand has surged during the pandemic. Nearly 1.5 million people were in...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 22, 2021 | Briefing
THE SHOCKING EPIDEMIC of disappearances and femicides in Mexico continue to go largely uninvestigated by the country’s authorities, hampering the judicial process and making it increasingly likely that perpetrators will remain unpunished, says Amnesty International in...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 21, 2021 | Briefing
GOVERNMENTS COULD BOOST THEIR OWN ECONOMIES and save more than 80 million people from the threat of modern slavery if they granted the world’s forcibly displaced people the right to work, a UN expert has told the Human Rights Council. “Almost one per cent of the...
