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Switzerland is among the donors trying to provide humanitarian aid to civilians. What does it take to respond effectively when war breaks out?

Private Sector Needed as Addressing Education in Emergencies is Everyone’s Business

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Director Yasmine Sherif at a high-level forum at the WEF said private sector funding was critical to education funding.

Among children, being overweight is associated with a higher chance of obesity, premature death, and disability in adulthood.

International Alert's team in the DRC raise the voices of cross border traders as part of the 16 days of global activism against gender-based violence.

Leading experts, policymakers, development partners and private sector have gathered at a high level consultative meeting “Air pollution in times of the pandemic” today to discuss air pollution reduction policies and programmes in Mongolia.

Glacial lake in the Himalayan region. (Credit: Heng Li) (CN) — Spurred by climate change, glacial retreat is intensifying across much of the Eastern Himalayas — known as Earth’s “Third Pole” — threatening vulnerable downstream communities with torrential floods. The Hindu Kush-Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas contain more glaciers than anywhere else on Earth outside of the North and South poles, which is where their nickname comes from. Rising temperatures across the ...

The AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration in Africa (JLMP) on March 30 convened its fourth Programme Steering Committee (PSC) meeting that was hosted by the African Union Commission’s Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development (HHS) (https://au.int/en/sa). The online meeting reviewed the status of ongoing projects, with Commissioner of Social Affairs, H.E. Amira El-fadil, in opening remarks read on her behalf, sayin...

Myanmars Coup: The Civil Disobedience Movement Gains Importance February 18, 2021 — Three weeks after the military coup in Myanmar, a young generation is leading demonstrations that are supported by all sectors of society. Follow the discussion with Hnin Phyu Phyu Aye, a citizen of Myanmar working for an international NGO; Tim Enderlin, the Swiss ambassador to Myanmar, Nathalie Manach, founder of Nat Coffee and former Swiss diplomat; Michael Vatikiotis, the Asia regional director of t...

‘The world is discovering the Pacific’ Tarawa Atoll, the capital of Kiribati. Keystone / Richard Vogel SWI swissinfo.ch talks to Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen, the Swiss ambassdor to Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu about Switzerland’s growing role in the Pacific and why the region will become increasingly important on the world stage. This content was published on February 11, 2021 - 09:00 February 11, 2021 - 09:00 Urs Wälterlin Job-sharing ambassa...