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Make a difference by joining local government workforce

by Agency Reporter | Aug 19, 2024 | Briefing

PEOPLE are being encouraged to ‘Make a Difference’ where they live, through a new career working for their local council, ahead of the launch of a national recruitment campaign. Essential services which residents rely on every day, ranging from working with adults and...

Statement on Israel’s impediments to freedom of worship

by Agency Reporter | Aug 19, 2024 | Briefing

ON the Feast of the Transfiguration (6 August 2024) Israeli Police refused to allow Christian worshippers to take part in religious services on Mount Tabor, as is traditional. In response on 16 August, the Jerusalem Patriarchate released a statement, “on...

Bangladesh transition an ‘historic opportunity’ for inclusive governance

by Agency Reporter | Aug 18, 2024 | Briefing

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Friday that the transition in Bangladesh was an historic opportunity to ensure governance is anchored in human rights, inclusivity and rule of law. He also stressed the need for accountability for all those responsible for...

Children in care sent to live far away from their communities

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...

Humanitarian pauses vital for polio vaccinations in Gaza

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...

Young adult carers choose to study courses which benefit society

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...
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