With Democrats Now in Charge, UN Budget Gets a Big Boost in the U.S. House of Representatives Mark Leon Goldberg May 13, 2019Elections have consequences. Last November, Democrats won majority of the United States House of Representatives which is the budget making body of Congress. Late last week, the key sub-committee that writes th...
UN Warns of Fate of Ethiopian Migrants Imprisoned in Yemen Mark Leon Goldberg May 7, 2019One of the absurd tragedies of the Yemen conflict has been the plight of the thousands of migrants who have traveled to Yemen, despite the ongoing conflict. Driven by the promise of finding gainful employment e...
For the First Time Ever, a Malaria Vaccine is Being Rolled Out in Three African Countries. Can It Eliminate Malaria For Good? Alanna Shaikh, MPH May 1, 2019Malaria is a major threat to human life. Malaria has killed and debilitated humans for centuries. Though malaria rates have reduced sharply in the last 20 years, it still sickens hundreds of millions of peopl...
Libya Is On the Verge of Becoming a Massive Humanitarian Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg April 30, 2019Fighting has intensified around Libya's capitol city of Tripoli that is threatening the plunge the entire country into a full scale civil war.UN humanitarian agencies have been warning of the human toll of ...
Venezuelan Refugees in Curaçao are Facing Abuse, Detention and Deportation Mark Leon Goldberg April 26, 2019Ed note. This is a special guest post from Izza Leghtas and Jessica Thea of Refugees International. “I’ve been here two years, and I don’t have a right to anything. I can’t get sick. The other day a neighbor s...
At the UN, the Trump Administration Seeks to Roll Back Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict Mark Leon Goldberg April 23, 2019Two Nobel Peace Prize laureates and one of the world's highest profile human rights lawyers were on hand at the Security Council on Tuesday for what was supposed to be a key meeting on ending sexual violence in...
There Has Been a 300% Increase in Measles Cases This Year Mark Leon Goldberg April 19, 2019It is not usual that the heads of UNICEF and the World Health Organization would team up to jointly warn the world about a fast spreading disease that stalks children. But a sudden surge in measles cases in the...
Map of the Day: The 13 Most Overlooked Global Humanitarian Crises Mark Leon Goldberg April 16, 2019How do we know which humanitarian crises are most overlooked, ignored or otherwise off the radar?One measure is how much money is available for the response to a humanitarian crisis. This is a good proxy fo...
A New UN Report Details Food Crises Around the World Joanne Lu April 10, 2019Every year for the last three years, persistent conflict, climate shocks and economic instability have driven more than 100 million people around the world into crisis-levels acute hunger or worse. Last year, ...
