Photographer Lisa Kristine travels the world documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images — miners in the Congo, bricklayers in Nepal — that illuminate the plight of the 27 million souls enslaved...
This video was screened during the Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, that took place at the United Nations in October 17, 2012. It is part of a feature-length documentary I am producing as a independent filmmaker. For more...
To mark this year’s UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on the 17 October and the recent release of our ‘Poverty Barrier’ research, we are very excited to be hosting a special, one-off online video-chat with the UN Special Rapporteur...
Year of first commemoration % of the world's population lives on less than $2.50 a day Theme is "Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms" The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an...
Repositioning family farming at the centre of agricultural, environmental and social policies in national agendas is a top priority at the UN’s FAO. That has been the focus of the International Year 2014. So just what are the challenges faced by smallholders and...
Imagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to school, with deadly consequences if they get caught learning. This was Afghanistan under the Taliban, and traces of that danger remain today. 22-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan....
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