ALTAMIRA, BrazilFishing Families Left High and Dry by Amazon Dams
Small-scale fisherpersons were among the first forgotten victims of mega construction projects like the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingú River in the Brazilian Amazon.
South Sudanese Girls Given Away As ‘Blood Money’
So extreme are gender inequalities in South Sudan that a young girl is three times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than to reach the eighth grade – the last grade before high school – according to Plan International, one of the oldest and largest children’s development organisations in the world.
Q&A: “If We Don’t Close the Poverty Gap, the 21st Century Will End in Extreme Violence”
Implementation of the ambitious post-2015 development agenda which will be adopted in September 2015 at the United Nations depends to a large extent on funding.
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