A POST BY THE KASHF FOUNDATION
Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in over 80 years. Entire villages have been washed away, an early estimate of over 1,600 deaths so far and over 2 million displaced or otherwise affected. Not only is the immediate water damage causing havoc, the floods have [...]
Thursday, June 10, 2010
From June 7th to 9th, Washington DC was host to the 2010 Women Deliver Global Conference, a global event dedicated to deliver socio-cultural, economic, technological and political solutions to improve women’s health and particularly maternal health. The event hosted remarkable speakers and representatives of political groups, civil society groups, NGO’s and international organizations from 146 [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A GUEST POST BY AVILA KILMURRAY
On Human Rights Day 2008, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission presented the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward, with their well considered advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. The Bill had been promised under the terms of the Belfast – Good Friday Agreement, and was [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
A GUEST POST BY RADHA AGRAWAL
I saw a glimmer of hope and a small ray emerge from the dark clouds that cast a devastating shadow over Haiti. Beyond the thousands of amputees, hundreds of thousands of Haitians without homes, 80% of businesses under rubble with no insurance to fall back on, multitudes of university students [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A GUEST POST BY KATHLEEN VAUGHAN
As a career I chose to solve problems for start-up, growth and problem-filled financial services companies. To be effective, one must call upon an ability to lead diverse teams, an ability to keep a quick pace for extended periods of time, an ability to be a tenacious change-agent, and an [...]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
A GUEST POST BY STEPHENIE FOSTER
Tuesday afternoon’s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti has caused massive death and destruction. The Red Cross estimates that one third of Haiti’s nine million people may need emergency aid. On Wednesday morning (January 13), the Haitian Prime Minister told CNN that he believed that hundreds of thousands of Haitians may have [...]
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
My Lords, I welcome the gracious Speech and the speeches of noble Lords across the House who spoke yesterday. I want to mention a few items today: the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, Afghanistan, the international aid Bill and the G20. I declare an interest as patron of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and a [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A GUEST POST BY MARY DALEY YERRICK
Rebecca Lolosoli is an extraordinary community leader. More than a matriarch of a life-transforming group, she is the glue that holds it together. Samburu women are among the most marginalized groups in Kenya. With a low status in society, scarce access to education, they are last to receive [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
My intention in writing this blog is to bring to the forefront of people’s minds issues of inequality, human rights and human trafficking. These issues are happening daily and we need to be more conscious of them to bring pressure on civil society, the private sector and governments around the world to campaign to eliminate [...]
ALLEVIATING WORLD POVERTY
What: It is nearly five years since the G8 meeting in Gleneagles and the demonstration of millions of people from media stars, church leaders and members of the public to make poverty history.
Action to date: Five years on the figures are in. On debt relief, progress has been immense with 45 billion dollars delivered to the world poorest countries to assist with resources for health and education. The United Kingdom has delivered on its G8 promises of 2005.
What’s missing: Every minute a woman dies in childbirth somewhere in the world because of inadequate medical care and 72 million children remain out of school. It is important to put pressure on the other seven G8 countries to rise up to their promises. The missing 21 billion dollars could pay for every child to go to school and could save the lives of 2 million of the poorest mothers and children.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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