E-government survey 2022: African countries show improvement but high data charges widen digital divide

Gathering adequate investment for e-government development has been a challenge for Africa

Over half the world’s 10-year-olds won’t have adequate literacy by year-end: Report

The learning poverty will substantially diminish global recruitment pool for skilled health workers by 2030

Refugees in camps go hungry, have poor access to healthcare, but those in cities not better off: Report

Significant portions of urban refugees cannot cover health expenses, care for women during & after childbirth particularly poor in camps, …

Number of people forcibly displaced in the world crosses 100 million for first time 

Growth driven by Russia-Ukraine war, conflicts in Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

Deepening green tech divide between Global North, South to worsen economic inequality, warns UN

Without decisive action by governments, developing countries may miss out on economic opportunities from green tech

Two-thirds of poor countries slashed education budget due to COVID-19: World Bank, UNESCO

Cuts can last for a long time as the pandemic continues to cause economic losses and make fiscal positions worse, warns report  

North African countries doing the most work on SDGs on the continent: report

Tunisia has been ranked the first in a continent-wide index as far as progress on SDGs is concerned

Ageing world: Elderly population expected to double over the next 3 decades; are our policies mature enough to address it?

Gender inequalities persist into old age; women’s lower levels of formal labour market participation, shorter working lives & lower …

Around 1.3 billion people at high risk of conflict and displacement: Report

The most vulnerable countries are clustered in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Globally, just 1 in 4 children covered by social protection: UN report

One billion children live in multidimensional poverty without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water

Secondary education can reduce child marriage by 66%: UNICEF

Secondary education stronger, more consistent protection against child marriage than primary school education

Internet shutdowns hurt much more than we realise: UN rights office

Shutting down internet affect people’s safety & well-beng, hamper information flow and harm the economy    

Two out of three refugee children never go to secondary schools: UNHCR

School enrollment figures for sub-Saharan Africa were much worse than those in Asia and the Americas

UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people

‘Save COVID generation’: Ex-world leaders, economists urge education reform

The world’s poorest children are locked out of learning, denied internet access and have lost free school meals, a lifeline for 300 million …

Less than half of hunger funding needs met, says report

Countries experiencing the worst hunger crisis received less hunger funding

Investment in care services can generate 234 million jobs for women by 2035, says ILO

An annual investment of $5.4 trillion will be required to generate these jobs

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows

A new child needs to be enrolled in school every 2 seconds to meet 2030 target: UNESCO

There are now 250 million children not enrolled in school, compared to 244 million in 2021

Number of people forcibly displaced crossed 100 million in 2022: UNDP

Climate change could displace over 200 million people by 2050

War in Ukraine derailed global economic growth, climate action: WESP report

Higher use of fossil fuels and increased prices of food, nickel major factors

Informal workers’ vulnerability risks are passed on to their children: OECD

New report calls on governments to extend social protections to break the cycle of low-paying work