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Fact Sheet: Understanding Global Hunger
Hunger is not having enough nutritious food. To end global hunger, nutritious food needs to be affordable and available to everyone. Learn about the meaning, causes, and solutions to global hunger.
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Fact Sheet: Child Malnutrition
Adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is vital for proper brain development. Malnutrition can have long-term impacts on a child’s life, including their ability to learn in school and grow properly.
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Hundreds die as Egyptian forces attack Islamist protestors
by David D Kirkpatrick New York Times August 14, 2013
CAIRO — Egyptian security officers stormed two encampments packed with supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, on Wednesday in a scorched-earth assault that killed hundreds, set off a violent backlash across Egypt and underscored the new government’s determination to crush the Islamis...
Without our land we cease to be a people: Defending indigenous territory and resources in Honduras
by Tory Field and Beverly Bell Other Worlds August 11, 2013
Miriam Miranda is a leader of the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (OFRANEH), which works with the 46 communities of the Afro-indigenous Garífuna of Honduras, to defend their territories, natural resources, identity, and rights. Miriam’s narrative below is from an interview with Beverly Bell...
We don’t have life without land: Holding ground in Honduras
by Tory Field and Beverly Bell Co-author Lauren Elliot Other Worlds August 11, 2013
For the next three articles, we will pause to linger on Honduras. On vivid display there is the search for solutions to the problems addressed in this Harvesting Justice series: the piracy of land, indigenous territories, agriculture, food systems, and the global commons. ...
Backing Egypt’s generals, Saudi Arabia promises financial support
by Liz Sly Washington Post August 9, 2013
Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the name of Michael W. Hanna’s foundation. It is the Century Foundation. An earlier version also incorrectly included Syria among nations racing to arm rival factions of the rebel fighters battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is Sau...
In rural Honduras, the northward pull is strong
by Nick Miroff Washington Post August 5, 2013
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — It is 1,862 miles from here to the kitchens and lawns of Houston. The route through Mexico is more dangerous than ever. And if Santos Arias somehow manages to reach the U.S. border without getting arrested, kidnapped, robbed, maimed, beaten or killed along the way, chances ar...
Egypt general has country wondering about aims
by Kareen Fahim New York Times August 2, 2013
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Generating global governance to end hunger—a Q&A with the FAO director-general
by Matthew Newsome Inter Press Service July 25, 2013
ADDIS ABABA , Jul 2 2013 (IPS) - Sub-Saharan Africa may be home to six of the world’s 10-fastest growing economies, but it also has a majority of the countries that are suffering from a food crisis....
In Mexico, rails are risky crossing for a new wave of Central American migrants
by Nick Miroff Washington Post July 17, 2013
At a makeshift church shelter beyond the industrial parks north of Mexico City, the train riders wait under a canvas tent, listening for a locomotive horn. They keep their shoes on and their backpacks zipped....
War denying millions of children an education. Almost 50 million children and young people in conflict areas out of school, says report, with Syrian c...
by Mark Tran The Guardian July 11, 2013
Almost 50 million children and young people living in conflict areas are out of school, more than half of them primary age, and reports of attacks on education are rising, according to figures published on Friday....
Sudden improvements suggest a campaign to undermine Morsi
by Ben Hubbard and David D Kirkpatrick New York Times July 10, 2013
CAIRO — The streets seethe with protests and government ministers are on the run or in jail, but since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi, life has somehow gotten better for many people across Egypt: Gas lines have disappeared, power cuts have stopped and the police have returned to the s...
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