| |  | |  Binding climate treaty is again on the table at Durban talks The first week of climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, ended with environmental groups and negotiators from nearly 200 countries again talking about the need for a binding international treaty. Christiana Figueres, the UN climate chief, said she believes countries can break the deadlock, while an EU plan to establish a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol was meeting opposition from India and other developing countries. Reuters (12/3), The Guardian (London) (12/4)     
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|  | "In a desperate bid to save her daughter from a life as an outcast, an imprisoned Afghan rape survivor agreed to marry her rapist. Now free, she should be offered asylum abroad. If left in Afghanistan, she will be at risk for torture, more sexual violence and murder." UN Dispatch | |
- UN: Virtual volunteerism is on the rise
Online activism is replacing traditional forms of volunteer work as technology increases the speed of global communications, according to the United Nations State of World's Volunteerism report. Volunteer tourism and increased involvement by the private sector are also changing the way the world views volunteerism. CBC.ca (Canada)/The Canadian Press (12/5) - Hunt for bin Laden haunts Pakistan polio fight
Pakistan's efforts to combat polio are being hampered as a result of a faux-vaccination campaign used in the hunt to catch al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the United Nations says. Many Pakistani families have refused to get their children vaccinated in target areas between July and September, specifically citing the earlier fake as the reason. The Wall Street Journal (12/3) - Cooking for good with gift giving
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is among Saveur's choices for philanthropic gift-giving for cooking aficionados this holiday season, alongside campaigns such as City Harvest and Action Against Hunger. The cookstove alliance, led by the United Nations Foundation, aims to improve the lives of women and children in the developing world through the use of cleaner, more efficient cooking methods. Saveur.com (12/2) - New Tanzania cookstoves are a net gain for families, ecology
The installation of 13,301 improved biomass stoves in Tanzanian homes is reducing firewood consumption by half, resulting in savings valued at $1.25 million while preserving woodlands and reducing the time women spend collecting firewood, according to a study by the UN Development Program study. Members of households participating in the pilot program are helping to build, and collect materials for, the stoves. AllAfrica Global Media (12/1) - School system aims to aid India's female Dalits
Sister Sudha has launched dozens of schools catering to marginalized girls and women in India's poorest areas in a bid to promote literacy and knowledge about sanitation, reproductive health and basic human rights. India's Dalits, the untouchables at the bottom of the country's caste system, number about 170 million and make up the overwhelmingly majority of landless, bonded-laborers. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (12/5) - Groups seek to include women in climate change battle
As negotiators from around the world gather in Durban, South Africa, to consider climate change battle plans, NGOs and development agencies are lobbying for the inclusion of language and provisions to protect women and children. By including words such as "nutritional security," supporters argue, world leaders can help empower women to affect real change on issues such as health, nutrition and sustainable development. IRINNews.org (12/2) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
- Mobile Health Innovators of the Year
The mHealth Alliance, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, announced the winners of the Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge, a first-of-its-kind challenge which recognizes pioneering mobile health (mHealth) professionals who have used mobile technology in innovative ways to improve health systems and outcomes in even the most remote areas of the world. The winners were announced at a reception held in advance of the mHealth Summit being held this week in the Washington, D.C. area. Click here to read the full release from the UN Foundation.
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