Women sidelined in agri-tech revolution, experts say
The exclusion of women in the digital world is hurting agricultural productivity in low- and middle- income countries, according to global technology experts.
To tackle climate change, food systems must be fixed
There is need for countries to integrate food systems into their climate plans. But Haseeb Bakhtary writes that measures on changing diets, food-linked deforestation, and food waste are lacking in most climate plans.
Awaiting a ‘treaty on plastics pollution’
A global treaty on plastic wastes is on the way after the representatives of about 175 UN nations recently endorsed a resolution to end plastic pollution.
Drugs polluting rivers, worsening antimicrobial resistance
Aside polluting world rivers, a study has discovered that pharmaceutical pollution could contribute to antimicrobial resistance. Hence, affecting human health, while threatening the United Nations’ goals on water quality.
In developing countries, 90% of citizens lack internet connectivity
According to a report, decent internet connection is out of reach for 90 per cent of people in low- and middle-income countries, while women’s web exclusion cost poorest countries US$1 trillion in GDP.
‘Things that hinder women’s potential’
Unlike their opposite gender, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, first female vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana, said that women need support to overcome systemic barriers limiting their career potentials.
In Global South, millions at risk over early warning system
In a recently-published study, scientists warned that millions of lives are at risk in climate-vulnerable communities, due to lack of early warning systems for extreme weather conditions.
‘Teenage girls among those who risk partner violence most’
Domestic violence was ‘highly prevalent’ before COVID-19. But those at a greater risk of facing this violent ‘pandemic’, now, are women and teenage girls in lower-income countries, a study has revealed.
Tech transfer to bolster Africa’s COVID-19 fight
Egypt and Nigeria, with other 4 other African countries will soon access the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, along with knowledge needed to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, courtesy of the World Health Organisation.
Child asthma cases linked to cities’ dirty air–STUDY
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution is the cause of 1.85 million child asthma cases a year, according to a study. The research, however, advised that reducing air pollution should be a crucial part of health strategies for children.
