The world’s ongoing arms race is threatening to extend beyond planet earth—and spillover into outer space. The US has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force ...

Guest contributors V. Ram Ramanathan, Durwood Zaelke, and Marcelo Suárez-Orozco write that we can cut the rate of warming by 30% to 50% within 15 years. “And we must.” ...

Still a long way off in many parts of the world, climate displacement is already a reality in the Pacific Islands, where rising seas are contaminating fresh water and agricultural land, and rendering ...

CIVICUS discusses public art, gender-based violence and censorship in Iraqi Kurdistan with Tara Abdullah, a multidisciplinary visual artist from Sulaymaniyah who is currently based in Oslo, Norway as ...

Isolated and at constant war with itself, Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is deepening in the midst of global challenges.

Rightsholders came to Ulaanbaatar from across the world, carrying declarations, demands and years of experience defending the ...

Climate Week NYC’s opening ceremony and conference began on Monday in conjunction with the UNGeneral Assembly Debate.

UN environmental reform could strengthen UNEP and improve coordination on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution ...

Declining marriage rates and rising cohabitation are reshaping family and partnership patterns in countries around the world ...

In the remote Highlands region of PNG, humanitarians are life-saving beacons to women and girls facing myriad forms of violence.

Africa is emerging as the world’s fastest-growing technology market, with its innovation ecosystem attracting increasing global investment. The European Investment Bank’s recent €40 million commitment ...

On September 16, at the lead-up to the 81st UN General Assembly, Equality in Family Law (GCEFL), Equality Now, TrustLaw, and ...