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- Poorest children are lost to urbanization, UNICEF says
More than a billion children in urban slums are living without vital services, such as electricity, water and education, and that number is only expected to increase as people continue to flock to cities in the developing world, according to UNICEF's latest State of the World's Children report published today. Many children are unaccounted for by indices such as the Millennium Development Goals because they do not go to school. The Independent (London) (2/28), France 24/Agence France-Presse (2/28)      - Vaccination initiative gives poor children a shot
 As more American parents forgo vaccinations for their children, endangering other children in the process, mothers in the developing world are walking miles to inoculate their children against the very same diseases, and children are dying in areas where the vaccines are unavailable, writes Monica Gallagher Sakala. The Shot@Life campaign of the United Nations Foundation aims to mobilize Americans to help boost vaccination rates in parts of the world that don't take child health for granted. The Huffington Post (2/27) - UN appeals for aid for growing numbers of Mali refugees
Refugees were teeming from Mali into northern Niger to escape monthlong fighting between the Mali government and Tuareg rebels, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, seeking greater autonomy. The UN refugee agency was seeking $35.6 million to provide food, water and shelter for an estimate 85,000 people. The Guardian (London) (2/27) - Hindu girls are forced to convert, marry in Pakistan
The abduction and forced marriage of teenage Hindu girls in Pakistan is on the rise, particularly in the country's largest city, Karachi. The girls -- of whom some 15 to 20 are abducted each month -- typically also are forced by their captors to convert to Islam before marrying. IRINNews.org (2/27)  | - New framework promotes sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism could go a long way toward reducing global poverty and waste, and the new Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria -- a coalition including the Rainforest Alliance, and both the UN Environment Program and World Tourism Organization -- is providing the framework for change in travel habits. "Sustainability is just like the old business adage: 'You don't encroach on the principal, you live off the interest.' Unfortunately, up to this point, the travel industry and tourists haven't had a common framework to let them know if they're really living up to that maxim," said Ted Turner, founder and chairman of the United Nations Foundation. The Huffington Post (2/26), PR-inside (2/27) - Tensions rise in South China Sea over oil, gas
The South China Sea is emerging as a flashpoint for international conflict as countries -- chiefly China, Vietnam and the Philippines, but also Russia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia -- vie for control over vast untapped reserves of oil and natural gas. China has claimed "indisputable sovereignty" over the disputed waters, where Reed Bank is claimed by both China and the Philippines, the latter of which is enhancing its military alliance with the U.S. Reuters (2/28) - Yemen has a new president, but same problems
Protesters throughout Yemen were celebrating what they described as a peaceful revolution with the swearing in over the weekend of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi as president -- the first leader not named Ali Abdullah Saleh that the country has had in 33 years. The challenges facing not only the government, but an opposition intent on further change, are considerable. The Christian Science Monitor (2/25), IRINNews.org (2/27) | | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Communications Director, Better World Campaign | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Raiser's Edge Database Manager | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Shot@Life Campaign | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | International Press Officer | Center for Reproductive Rights | New York , NY | | Deputy Director, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Field Director for Membership Development | JCI (Junior Chamber International) | St. Louis, MO | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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