On June 1, 2022, the White House unveiled its Action Plan on Global Water Security, spearheaded by Vice President Kamala Harris. The White House aims to help achieve water security domestically and abroad, citing the connection between water and U.S. national security interests. In particular, five countries that need the water action plan will benefit […]
While the global population is expected to reach 8.5 billion in 2030 and nearly 10 billion by 2080s, the growth rate is slowing dramatically due to lower fertility. The global population is growing at the slowest rate since 1950s, with the annual growth rate falling to less than 1% in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic is […]
Since the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the United Nations has made significant progress in meeting these goals. The idea of these 17 goals is to reduce poverty, promote health care and education for countries all over the world and overall make the planet more sustainable for humanity. Recently the U.N. […]
With Africa facing near-unprecedented population growth, urban cities have sparked across the continent. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, has become the world’s fastest urbanizing region. Compared to rural areas, cities experience greater economic growth and job opportunities. Most importantly, sub-Saharan urbanization increases gender equality. Gender Divide Africa’s gender disparities run deep. While African women work 50% […]
According to a study by BMC Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS in Belgium is “largely concentrated among men who have sex with men and sub-Saharan Africans.” According to 2011 data from the Belgian government, 98.2% of patients had links to HIV care, 90.8% were in care and 83.3% were receiving antiretroviral therapy. However, these statistics were disproportionate […]
Water supply is diminishing worldwide and its distribution is unequal. One in three people in the world lives in countries with insufficient clean water supplies. Hence, the current shortage and disproportionate availability spark conflict, commonly now known as water wars, over the valuable commodity. Scarcity in Fiji is a growing issue despite the exportation of […]
“An increasing number of African countries are enforcing local content laws, which were initially aimed at the mining industry, but are spreading to other sectors,” Jennigay Coetzer reported for Law.com in June 2022. Several nations across the continent are implementing such guidelines in an attempt to rejuvenate their individual economies. These maneuvers primarily benefit international […]
In June 2022, 65-year-old Zhang Guimei escorted her students to China’s annual college entrance examinations, or ‘gaokao,’ for the 12th year in a row. If all goes well, when these students exit the exam room, they will be able to change their fate by passing the metric for college. According to Global Times, however, this […]
Across the globe there are hundreds of millions of people at risk of severe floods and the situation has only grown worse since the beginning of 2022. Many countries are reducing flood risks or they face billions of dollars of damages and potentially thousands of lives lost or displaced. Who is at Risk Floods are […]
Brazil has been observing a downward trend in its poverty rate since the 1980s, however, COVID-19’s impact on Brazil has placed these years of poverty reduction at severe risk. Luckily, funding and donations from the government and outside sources such as the United States have helped to combat the sudden rise of poverty. Here is […]
