Climate Change

Free-speech group slams Portland schools’ ban on books that question climate change

The decision to drop textbooks that question the severity of climate change from schools in Portland, Oregon, has drawn heavy criticism from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), which

Publication Date: 
07/06/2016
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Climate Change, Education, United States Of America (US), Fossil Fuels, Scientists
Environment

Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/1, the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the United Nations system, has the honour to submit the report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2016
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Tags:
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Poverty, Food Security, Nutrition, Health, Diseases, Education, Women, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Economic Development, Environment, Climate Change
Governance And Institutions

Citizens report on the 2nd year of the NDA government - 2016 promises & reality

The overwhelming mandate to the NDA government in 2014 is based on its promise of ‘Achche Din’ and ‘Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikas’. As the government is approaching mid-term, the socio-economic impact of its policy decision is becoming more evident.

Publication Date: 
24/05/2016
Wada Na Todo Abhiyan
Tags:
Political Parties, Governance, NGOs, India, Budget, Children, Food Security, Education, Health Care, Human Rights, Sanitation, Water Supply, Women, Land Ownership, Nutrition, Corruption
Poverty

Child poverty in Bhutan

This Monograph “Insights from Multidimensional Child Poverty Index (C-MPI) and Qualitative interviews with Poor Children” is a combination of multidimensional poverty index constructed from child related indicators with data available from Bhutan Multiple Indicator Survey 2010 and qualitative in-depth interviews with children, giving a holistic

Publication Date: 
22/05/2016
Sabina Alkire, Lham Dorji, Sonam Gyeltshen, Thomas Minten
National Statistics Bureau
Tags:
Children, Poverty, Bhutan, Child Health, Education, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Health

The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030): a roadmap based on evidence and country experience

The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030) provides a roadmap for ending preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and helping them achieve their potential for and rights to health and well-being in all settings. The global strategy has three objectives: survive (end preventable deaths); thrive (ensure health and well-being); and transform (expand enabling environments).

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
Shyama Kuruvilla, Flavia Bustreo, Taona Kuo & et al
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
94
398-400
Tags:
Maternal Health, Child Health, Health Care, Infant mortality, Bangladesh, India, Malawi, Nepal, Health Policy, Developing Countries, Polio, Waterborne diseases, Malnutrition, Sanitation, Women, Poverty, Africa, Education, Knowledge
Natural Disasters

UNICEF: Quake Left 120,000 Children Without Schools in Ecuador

UNITED NATIONS – The magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Ecuador’s northern Pacific coast on April 16 destroyed 280 schools, leaving 120,000 children without access to education, UNICEF said Tuesd

Publication Date: 
27/04/2016
Latin America Herald Tribune
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Children, UNICEF, Education, Ecuador
Economy

Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2016: shaping the future - how changing demographics can power human development

Demographic change in Asia and the Pacific is happening at a rate the world has never seen. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates that took a century in Europe are happening here in just 30 years.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2016
UNDP
Tags:
Economy, Development, Human Rights, Population Trends, Urbanisation, Poverty, GDP, Unemployment, Asia, India, Child Health, Education

Haryana’s Panchayati Raj - Excluding the deprived

The conditions imposed by the amendment to the panchayati raj law in Haryana have not only excluded a large section of the population from contesting elections but have also deprived voters of their right to choose. All appropriate measures must be undertaken to ensure that these exclusionary conditions are withdrawn.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2016
Inderjit Singh
Economic and Political Weekly
51
16
19-20
Tags:
Panchayats, Haryana, Political Decentralisation, Governance, Legislation, Education, Toilets, Supreme Court, Political Parties
Economy

OECD Factbook 2015-2016: economic, environmental and social statistics

OECD Factbook 2015-2016 is a comprehensive and dynamic statistical publication from the OECD.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2016
OECD
Tags:
Economy, Environment, Population, Migration, GDP, Globalisation, Statistics, Energy, Transport, Poverty, Health, Education, India, Global
Health

Does parenting help to explain socioeconomic inequalities in children's body mass index trajectories? Longitudinal analysis using the Growing Up in Scotland study

Pathways leading to socioeconomic inequalities in young children's body mass index (BMI) are not well understood. This study examined whether parenting related to the physical and social context of children's food consumption helped to explain associations between maternal educational level and child BMI trajectory.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
07/04/2016
Alison Parkes, Helen Sweeting, Robert Young & et al
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
70
9
868-873
Tags:
Child Health, Scotland, Consumption Patterns, Lifestyles, Education

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