Afghanistan is still fighting the Polio virus

Afghan women determined to end polio

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - October 2020. In a smoky village in Drund District, Kantahar, southern Afghanistan, 11 month old Subhania sits in the corner of her home, watching her friends play in the scorching heat. Subhania wants to join her friends but each time she tries to stand, she falls. Her legs are paralyzed; she cannot walk.

A perfect farm

Can we create the "perfect" farm? - Brent Loken

Explore the innovative ways countries are revolutionizing farming to ensure we can feed humanity in a way that works with the environment.

The withdrawal of reproductive rights in Poland

Poland's constitutional tribunal rolls back reproductive rights

The Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling to invalidate the constitutionality of access to abortion on the ground of “severe and irreversible fetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the fetus’ life”¹ will further harm women and girls and violates their human rights, Amnesty International, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Human Rights Watch said today.

Building equitable futures by investing in girls

Governments should tackle abuses, end barriers to education

Access to education for all

Every child has the right to learn