The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet full ...

The Dominican Republic has made significant strides in gender equality, climbing 21 positions to rank 61st out of 148 ...

While governments have committed to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, inequalities, injustices and deadly divide between the Global North and Global South nations (and within rich and ...

The scale of poverty is also alarming. It has risen to 44pc according to the World Bank’s revised income thresholds. With ...

As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, ministers, experts, and civil society actors from around the world will convene in New York next week for a high-level UN forum to fast-track action on the ...

Following this year’s Internet Governance Forum, the high-level event was a key moment for civil society to advocate for the ...

More men than women are back in their cubicles, but remaining remote comes with risks. “It creates that barrier.” ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

Following a severe June heatwave, accelerated glacier melt triggered flash floods and landslides north of Pakistan. The provincial government was criticised for delayed rescue efforts and lack of ...

After slowing sharply in the last three quarters of 2018, the pace of global economic activity remains weak. Momentum in manufacturing activity, in particular, has weakened substantially, to levels ...