Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Stella Dawson – WNN Improve It (WNN/TLW) Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: At first, she moved into the city. After two years, she returned to her community in Kiambu County to persuade the tribal chief and elders that she and her mother-in-law should not be reduced to squatters on the death of their husbands but [...]
Davinder Kumar – WNN Improve It (WNN/PI) San Salvador, EL SALVADOR, AMERICAS: In Marcela’s community, back home on the outskirts of San Salvador, girls dread going to school once they become adolescents. They are routinely harassed by boys in their classes and many are coerced into abusive sexual relations. The consequences are particularly devastating for [...]
Lisa Anderson – WNN Improve It (WNN/TLW) New York, NEW YORK, U.S.: Voluntary family planning is considered key to improved maternal and child health, economic productivity and social welfare, yet 222 million women in developing nations still lack access to modern contraceptives, according to a new report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). [...]
WNN Improve It (WNN) Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES: In a cruel paradox that touches three billion lives daily, the mere act of preparing a family meal can prove life threatening. Nearly half the world still cooks over an open fire, yet this age-old method of cooking ranks as the planet’s fifth largest killer. Chronic exposure [...]
WNN Improve It (WNN/GDN) New York, New York, UNITED STATES: This year’s World’s worst pollution problems (pdf) report has been published by the Blacksmith Institute in partnership with Green Cross Switzerland. It documents, for the first time, the public health impact of industrial pollutants – lead, mercury, chromium, radionuclides and pesticides – in the air, [...]
