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Background The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the worlds largest humanitarian organization, with 192 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. Organizational Context Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the Risk-informed Early Action Pa...

Tradeshow organisers and associations join forces to create safe platforms for economic recovery The exhibitions industry is celebrating the launch of a first-of-its-kind global coalition designed to prioritise the safety and success of communities as they return to business. As industries ranging from manufacturing to healthcare, aviation, agriculture, maritime and many others, look for opportunities to recover following devastating economic hardship, the exhibitions industry is dedicated to s...

1.General Background Thousands of suspected foreign fighters and hundreds of children and their caregivers have been captured in Syria and Iraq by state armed forces and non-state armed groups and transferred to detention. Additional tens of thousands of foreign women and children fled areas once controlled by ISIL/Da’esh, with approximately 31,100 Iraqi and 11,400 foreign women and children from more than 50 other countries still in camps in northeast Syria. Ninety per cent of the children i...

Credit: @ Mahnaz Yazdani STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 16 2021 (IPS) - Inequality characterizes the world we live in, predisposing how we act and think. We perceive our existence as composed of dichotomies – men and women, young and old, black or white, as well as a difference between those who have and those who do not have access to wealth, health, education and influence. Dichotomies are also born out of comparisons, about how things are now and how they could have been, how they were before and ...

Thursday, March 11, 2021 Brainstorming: how do we get out of this quagmire of extraterritorial patent rulings and multi-antisuit injunctions? International comity--the notion that sometimes there should be deference to another countrys courts--practically died in the context of standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation last year when the UK Supreme Court ruled that British courts could force an implementer at injunctive gunpoint to take a global portfolio license on FRAND terms determined in L...

COVID-19-Induced School Closures Impacted 247 Million Indian Children: UNICEF As many as 1.5 million schools remained closed during 2020 due to the coronavirus lockdown in India, the UN agency said. Representative image of a girl at a Gujarat school. Photo: Reuters World04/Mar/2021 New Delhi: As many as 1.5 million schools remained closed during 2020 due to the coronavirus lockdown, which saw the study opportunities of 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India d...

Online education is not an option for all as only one in four children has access to digital devices and Internet connectivity, the study says.

The UNICEF report also stated that online education is not an option for all as only one in four children has access to digital devices and internet connectivity in the country.

Globally, schools for more than 168 million children have been completely closed for almost a full year, it said.

KARACHI: A large number of textile and garments factory workers staged a protest rally on Sunday against violation of labour laws in Sindh. The rally, which started from Bilal Chowrangi in Korangi Industrial Area and culminated at the Karachi Press Club, was organised by the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF). The protesting workers threatened to stage a sit-in in front of the Sindh Assembly if the worsening conditions at their workplaces were not improved immediately. Carrying red flags, p...