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INTRODUCTION CHILD MARRIAGE, defined as a formal or informal union before the age of 18, is a well-recognized global phenomenon.1,2 Only in recent years, however, have we begun to understand the...

Agriculture is the cornerstone of livelihoods across the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where small-scale farmers’ livelihoods depend on the food they can grow, climate change has...

Posted by MRR Innovation Lab Ghana has made tremendous progress against poverty in its rural communities over the past decade. It was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain the Millennium...

When M-Pesa launched as a mobile money service in Kenya in 2007, it quickly extended banking and money transfers to remote rural areas where there were no brick-and-mortar banks. Today, M-Pesa is a...

Farmers disproportionately bear the burden of climate change and the extreme unpredictable weather it brings. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa, where in the past year alone farmers in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached Kenya, creating an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic effects of the crisis. Responding to this need, a...

Posted by Alex Russell COVID-19 restrictions have changed everything in northern Kenya. In drought-prone Samburu, government restrictions have closed local markets where families sell their livestock...

Posted by Andrea Esquetini. A century ago, the thought of seeing the Earth from space might have seemed impossible. Since the 1970s, satellite technology has allowed us to measure healthy vegetation...

Project Aims to Halt Cycle of Hunger and Poverty By Alex Russell on April 22, 2019 in Food and Agriculture During the months that Jonathan Malacarne spent traveling from village to village in rural...

March 06, 2019 Posted by Alex Russell In Ghana, small-scale farmers who rely on rain to grow their crops are increasingly at risk drought. It’s also this risk of drought that keeps farmers from...

Los Angeles – All Survivors Project (ASP), hosted by the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law launches a new report detailing the underreported problem of rape and other sexual violence against men...

Eight years on from the end of armed conflict in Sri Lanka, the country is grappling with the legacy of massive human rights abuses committed during the war. As it does so, sexual violence against...

The armed conflict in Syria has resulted in a human rights and humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions in which the civilian population suffers daily threats to life, dignity and wellbeing...

This study provides the first comprehensive economic assessment of the lethal potential of climate change with a method that accounts for both the benefits and costs of adaptation. The researchers’...

Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. A new UCLA study has found that Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal and Tanzania each...

By Julia Ann Easley Jihad Qusanyeh, imprisoned and tortured as a student, will be among the first Syrian refugees to assemble a virtual “backpack” in a new project to help them reclaim their right to...

by Amy Quinton The poorest people in the world are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including droughts, floods and wildfires. This is especially true for poor farmers in...

By Julia Ann Easley on October 23, 2017, in University News The University of California, Davis, will use a $500,000 core grant from the Ford Foundation to develop Article 26 Backpack, a cloud-based...

Executive Summary Bangladesh—having committed to a malaria-free Asia Pacific by 2030—has declared a national elimination goal of 2027. The country has made impressive progress towards this goal,...

New Research Finds Humanitarian Assistance To Refugees Boosts Uganda’s Economy KAMPALA – A new study conducted in Uganda has found that humanitarian assistance for refugees creates significant...