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1 in 22 Nigerian Women Die While Having a Baby. How Can We Stop This?
We spoke with Dr. Uche Ralph-Opara about how we make sure all mothers in Nigeria get health care.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
Lack of access to health care is the leading cause of maternal death in Africa. The United Nations’ Global Goal 3 calls for good health and well-being for all people. These goals cannot be achieved if expectant mothers in Africa continue to struggle to access health care. Join the movement and take action on this issue here.
With a population of 200 million, public health care in Nigeria is underfunded, health workers are poorly paid, and there is an acute shortage of doctors.
People Globally Waste 1 Billion Tons of Food Every Year: UN Report
Researchers say that one third of all the world’s food is thrown away.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
Food waste is not only a barrier to achieving the United Nations’ Global Goal 2, which is aimed at ending global hunger, it is also having a massive impact on efforts to mitigate climate change (Goal 13) and ensure responsible production and consumption (Goal 12). Join the movement to end extreme poverty and its systemic causes, and take action on these issues here.
A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found that people globally waste 1 billion tons of food a year.
A participant wears a rosette as she takes part in a march to celebrate 100 years since women were granted the vote, in London on June 10, 2018. Thousands of women gathered Sunday to turn British cities into rivers of green, white and violet to mark 100 years since the first U.K. women won the right to vote. Part artwork, part parade, Processions will see women march through London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast clad in the colors of the suffragette movement that fought for women s right to vote.
Half of UK Women Say Progress on Gender Equality Is in Reverse Because of COVID-19
Two girls at the Ngam camp for Central African Republic (CAR) refugees in Cameroon rest during the afternoon heat. According to UNICEF, CAR has one of the highest rates of child marriage in Africa, with 68 per cent of girls being married before age 18. At the multipurpose centre in the camp, UN Women runs awareness-raising programmes to prevent child and early marriage and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, and advocates with the families to educate the children and keep girls in school. Ryan Brown/UN Photo Global Citizen LifeDefeat Poverty
7 Champions of Girls’ Education in Africa Who Will Inspire You
This Project in Bangladesh Is Bringing End-of-Life Care to a Place Where There Was None
The UK aid-backed project is delivering vital care to people in old age or with long-term illness.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The United Nations’ Global Goal 3 calls for universal health coverage and a key part of that is ensuring that people are supported with health care at the end of their life. This UK-aid backed project did just this in a city in Bangladesh which previously had no palliative care services, supporting hundreds of people. To find out more about issues in global health, and fight for UK aid as it faces devastating cuts, join us here.