By: Aamir A Rehman; Senior Advisor on Islamic Finance, UNDP The term 'Islamic Social Finance' refers to modes of finance that are rooted in Islamic ethics and intended for social... read more →
The impact of humans on our planet is now so large that many scientists are declaring a new phase of history. The old forces of nature that transformed Earth many... read more →
By Kishan Khoday & Walid Ali Today over 2 billion people - one third of the global population - are poor or near-poor and face persistent threats to their... read more →
By Beth Tritter, Jeffrey Markuns Last month, alongside the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission launched a groundbreaking report on the future of global health and the HIV response. While acknowledging that... read more →
According to a new global surveillance system, 105 attacks on health-care facilities, personnel or resources were reported in the first three months of 2018. With many countries just beginning to... read more →
By Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. A few milestones in March 2018 Seven years of war on children in Syria Three years... read more →
By Fouad Bergigui Biodiversity is much more than a list of species of microbes, fauna and flora, it is the colourful image we have of our landscapes, the inspiration for... read more →
By Kishan Khoday and John Knox Among the various drivers of risk in the world today, two stand out: climate change and rapidly rising levels of inequality. While each... read more →
By Kishan Khoday and Oscar Ekdahl More frequent and severe droughts, millions at risk of famine, the spread of conflict and mass displacement - these are the challenges of... read more →
By Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca* In our age of conspicuous consumption and excess, it frightens us to know that one out of nine people – or 815 million children,... read more →