On 21 April 2020, the World Food Programme warned that, unless swift action is taken, some 265 million people worldwide, double the numbers from the previous year, face acute food shortages. This, in a world where some 144 million children under 5 years are already

Feature on the mental health effects of school closures during COVID-19.

Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future.

On Zero Discrimination Day and as part of the global movement for equality for women and girls, UNAIDS is highlighting seven areas where discrimination against women and girls persists, raising awareness and calling for change: 1) Equal participation in political life; 2) Human rights and laws th

Safe to Learn is a five-year initiative dedicated to ending violence in schools so children are free to learn and pursue their dreams.

This issue of the African Development Perspectives addresses sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Africa, with the backdrop of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action (PoA), signed by 179 governments twenty-five years ago, in 1994, in C

This report captures promising gendertransformative work taking place in politically and culturally conservative contexts, including programmes led by grassroots organisations.

Schools are an ideal setting for creating synergies to address malnutrition and contribute to sustainable development, in that they are able to impact education, health, food security and nutrition simultaneously through various access points and opportunities.