Crises in a new world order: Oxfam op-ed
Op-ed from Oxfam's humanitarian director, Jane Cocking
Development in Arab world masks high food insecurity
The Arab world's dependency on food imports, high population growth and lack of water make it particularly vulnerable
Why is it so hard to make aid climate-smart?
A new guide aims to speed up progress in linking climate change, disaster management and development
Ethiopia food crisis: People getting back on their feet
I clearly remember July 2011 when the world started to focus its attention on the food crisis in the Horn of Africa.
South Sudan: Put children at the centre of resolving the crisis
The evidence is on the ground. Dark patches of burnt ash and half burnt wooden stumps is all that is left in this village. Apart from the people - there are thousands, many of them women and children, anxiously waiting in the hot sun for the relief food. Violent conflicts between different ethnic communities in Likuangole and other villages in the Jonglei state of South Sudan, has left an unconfirmed number of people dead and about 120,000 internally displaced people in desperate need of life saving assistance.
PREVENTION AS WELL AS CURE
You want to stamp out tropical disease? Put clean water and hygiene at the top of your 'to do' list.
South Sudan: Women and children bear brunt of violence
Scores of women have been widowed and children orphanedin the violent clashes between Murle and Lou Nuer tribes in South Sudan writes Plan's Lillian Omariba
Transforming Economic Power To Advance Womens Rights And Justice
The 2012 AWID Forum aims to explore how economic power is impacting on women and planet, and to facilitate connections among diverse groups working on these issues from human rights and justice approaches so that together we contribute to stronger, more effective strategies to advance women's rights and justice.
Food aid: doing more harm than good in conflict-torn countries?
The merits of food aid, which can get seized by armed groups or stolen from refugee camps, have come under scrutiny over the years
Sharing ideas at the 'Third Pole'
The climate-threatened Hindu Kush-Himalaya region needs better information and policy