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The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. 4 Most Common Mistakes To Avoid for a Better Time Management And how you can avoid them. By Ibrahim ElFeky Due to the era of speed, time goes quickly without we even noticing it. We’re often running to work, college, associations, etc. And we keep waiting for the weekend, hoping to chil...

Bold steps required to ease planetary pressure – UNDP Report The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest crisis facing the world. Unless humans release their grip on nature, it won’t be the last, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which includes a new experimental index on human progress that takes into account countries’ carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint. The 30th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report, ‘The Next Frontier: H...

Local folk artist Bertha Cooper Harris, like many African Africans, knows the struggles against the gripping cycle of generational poverty. Cooper Harris, 81, grew up in Cooper Hill, a community named for her grandfather who once owned more than 250 acres of land there. “My grandfather Riley Cooper, built and owned a house, but my father did not own a house, she said. "He lived in his fathers house, which was my grandfathers, house.” Cooper Harris’ father and grandfather were farmers...

ON THE GO Kashimawo Laloko, ex-NFF director, dies at 76 Kashimawo Laloko, former technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is dead.Advertisement The 76-year-old was said to have died at Sacred Hearts catholic hospital in Abeokuta on Sunday, after... Resident doctors threaten fresh strike over unpaid salaries The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on April 1, if members owed salaries and allowances...

Coordinated gap analysis report launched Islamabad December 20, 2020 Islamabad : The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped at national borders. It has affected people regardless of nationality, level of education, income or gender. But the same has not been true for its consequences, which have hit the most vulnerable hardest. When there arouse such disasters precautionary measures only help you out from it. The only precautionary measure that works in such situations is social awareness. This wa...

The ‘warning lights flash red’ for Earth 20 Dec 2020 What we have done: The Eiffel Tower in Paris seen through a haze of pollution. The European Commission is taking France to court for defying air pollution limits for more than a decade. (Stephane de Sakutin/AFP) Humans have achieved incredible things in the past century but they have also taken the Earth to the brink, says Achim Steiner, the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  Scientists have long warned of...

University Park, PA – Penn State University will host its 11th annual TEDxPSU conference, an engaging experience for students, faculty, and the community, on Sunday, March 6th, 2021 at 1pm. The conference will be held virtually, and the TEDxPSU team is working hard to bring Schwab Auditorium to the virtual stage. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s theme, “Time To Pause,” emphasizes that we as human beings are a busy species. TEDxPSU: Time to Pause is a space to pause ...

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed: 1 year since his passing, legacy shines through Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent Today marks a year since the development sectors lighthouse had gone out. On this day last year, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the larger-than-life spearhead of Brac, passed on from this world to the next after suffering from a malignant brain tumour. In 1972, Sir Fazle had wrapped up his life in London as an accountant to move to his war-torn, newly-...

Dean David Chard discusses 2020’s impact on education and human development, and how to move forward By Mara Sassoon Photos By Cydney Scott In spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread and schools closed, educators rushed to transfer learning experiences to Zoom and Google Classroom, while parents scrambled to teach and work. Many families lacked access to childcare, didn’t have internet access or a laptop, missed needed school meals, and lost their incomes. The pandemic’s initial convulsi...

UN survey finds Republic has second highest quality of life in the world The survey found Ireland has the second highest quality of life in the world The HDI is a measure of a countrys health, education and standard of living A UNITED Nations survey has found that the Republic has the second highest quality of life in the world. Findings from the UN Human Development Index (HDI) 2020 ranked it as number two of 189 countries. Norway topped the poll followed by the Republic, S...