PEOPLE Current Events and Resources
Read the articles below on current events, developments, and context related to the 2024 theme of ensuring that all People have the resources they need to fulfill their potential!
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SDG 1: No Poverty
Piecing Together Poverty _ World Bank ** This is a useful resource that introduces the various economic and social factors that influence impoverishment
Our World in Data _ Poverty **Great resource for understanding what poverty looks like in countries around the world (visuals and articles)
Solutions to Poverty to get us to 2030 _ Concern Worldwide ** A very simplified overview of how poverty connects to inequality and some strategies that may contribute to lessening impoverishment around the world.
Asia’s poor grew by 68 million people after pandemic, report says _ Al Jazeera
SDG 2: Zero Hunger
The Zero Hunger Challenge - Food prices and hunger
Kenya to launch biggest school meals programme in Africa_ The Guardian
How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems _ The Conversation
How did the Russia-Ukraine war trigger a global food crisis?_ Al Jazeera
Floating Gardens in Bangladesh
Why the US cannot solve hunger _ The Guardian
SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
Good Health and Why it Matters _ UN Sustainable Development Goals resource
Overview of Good Health and Wellbeing _ Simpleshow Foundation
How do we stop infectious diseases from spreading?
World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Award: The Last Mile _ Medium
SDG 5: Gender Equality
Explore dimensions of gender equality _ United Nations
Challenges for women opening and running businesses in Cambodia and Vietnam _ The World Bank
FIFA Women's World Cup: Game changer for gender equality _ UN Women
Women are leading the humanitarian response in Sudan _ UN Women
How Spain is using data to end violence against women and girls _ UN Women
Empowering young women to break barriers in STEM _ UNESCO
Lebanese omen preserve tradition as a path to empowerment _ UN Women
Rwanda: Challenges and progress on gender equality_DW News
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Clean Water and Sanitation: Why it Matters _ United Nations
World Water Day 2022: Groundwater, invisible but vital to health _ WHO
Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States _ US Water Alliance **Skip to page 26 for case studies!
World's water in focus after year of droughts and floods _ Al Jazeera
World Water Day: Mapping water stress across the Middle East _ Al Jazeera
Learning about water: multiple-perspective approaches_ UNESCO **We recommend using the case studies beginning on page 21.
Running Dry Documentary _ National Academy of Sciences **This documentary is over 13 years old, but we included it here to highlight how much of it still accurate and timely in 2023.
The Middle East needs to fuel innovation to make desalination sustainable _ Arab News
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
Equality: Why it matters _ United Nations
Local Procurement Learning Partnership _ HLA
Unlocking the power of inclusion: The imperative for disability-inclusive data _ UNESCO
Egypt: Learning and Earning in Cairo's Garbage City _ UNESCO **Skip to page 41 for this case study!
The World is Not Equal - Is that fair? _ World's Greatest Lesson ** Helpful perspective on different types of inequalities
Maui fires renew centuries-old tensions over water rights_ AP News
Tackling Inequality by 'lifting stones; _ UN Africa Renewal
Developing countries propose $100 billion climate damage fund _ Reuters
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