In an open letter sent today, NRC, Oxfam, Save the Children, Action Contre La Faim and seven other agencies urge the UN Security Council to press parties in the Yemen conflict to implement an...
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International humanitarian agencies: Permanent Yemen ceasefire needed now to safeguard millions
Humanitarian agencies are calling on the international community to support a lasting solution that could save the lives of millions of civilians in Yemen, as the UN prepares to host peace talks on 14 June in Geneva.
Leading humanitarian agencies warn that their life-saving assistance is at risk of collapsing in Yemen [EN/AR]
A group of 22 major aid agencies said their operations risk coming to an abrupt end within a week unless land, sea and air routes are opened immediately for the importation of fuel.
Somaliland and the food security crisis in the Horn of Africa
What is the overall situation in the Horn of Africa? The crisis has been caused by a persistent drought which has resulted in poor availability of food. The situation has also been compounded by...
BUILDING BACK BETTER: AN IMPERATIVE FOR HAITI
It has been nearly a year since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 230,000 people and devastating the nation's capital. As Haiti commemorates the dead, international attention...
Haiti after the earthquake: Civil society perspectives on Haitian reconstruction and Dominican-Haitian bilateral relations
New Report: One year after earthquake Haitians must play greater role in recovery 15 December 2010 Progressio Ordinary Haitians are calling for a greater role in the rebuilding of their country in...
Haiti: Michele Pierre-Louis calls for positive change after the earthquake
The former Prime Minister of Haiti has called for Haiti to seize the opportunity to implement positive changes in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that hit the country in January 2010. ...
Haiti Crisis: Progressio staff deployed in the relief effort
Following last week's devasating earthquake which rocked Haiti, Progressio staff in the region are working flat out to assist the relief effort and help local partner organisations mobilise...
Parliament of Timor-Leste makes a move on justice
The parliament of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has resolved to set up and fund a special institution to implement the recommendations of two major reports on the country's troubled past. "This is a...
Other Worlds are Possible - Human Progress in an Age of Climate Change
This report explores potential new models which might both address climate change and be resilient to it, featuring several case studies from Progressio.
Fertile Ground: Why Urgent Funding and Support for Small-Scale Farmers in Poor Countries Will Help Prevent Global Food Crises
In this report, Progressio warns that decades of neglect by governments of small scale farmers who feed 2 billion people worldwide - a third of humanity - have stretched poor farming communities to...
Development in East Timor 'seriously hindered' by lack of justice
Long-term development in East Timor - which celebrates the tenth anniversary of its vote for independence on Sunday 30 August - will be "seriously hindered" if justice for past crimes remains...
Progressio tells UN: We need a new vision of development
The world's most critical environmental and social problems will only be solved by 'a new vision of development', declared Progressio's Head of Advocacy Joanne Green at a summit meeting of the United...
New Timor-Leste ruling coalition must tackle food and oil
Progressio congratulates the people of Timor-Leste on peaceful parliamentary elections that point to a new coalition government after the former governing party Fretilin (Revolutionary Front for an...