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Nigeria, 160 others declare access to clean water, healthy environment human right

The UN General Assembly on Thursday, July 28, 2022, adopted a historic resolution, declaring access to a clean water as well as healthy and...

Put human rights at centre of environmental policy, CSOs tell world leaders

Over 150 civil society organisations (CSOs) and academics have signed open letter calling on world leaders to integrate human rights into global and national...

Group backs human rights-based approach to address plastic pollution crisis

EcoWaste Coalition has renewed its call on the government of the Philippines and the industry to decisively act to solve the plasticisation and toxification...

Taming population explosion via access to safe family planning methods

The World Population Day marked on every July 11 aims at increasing awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning,...

Guterres says pandemic drives vicious circle against human rights

The global spread of COVID-19 has a devastating effect on human rights as it fuels poverty, divisions, repression and hatred. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres,...

Campaigners want Philippines to cease ‘judicial harassment’ of Windel Bolinget

Front Line Defenders (FLD), a human rights organisation, has urged the authorities in the Philippines to immediately cease the investigation and drop all charges...

Global groups call for right to a healthy planet

Over 100 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the United Nations to add a new article to the Universal Declaration of Human...

Indigenous Colombian Amazon forest peoples demand rights

Traditional authorities and elected leaders of the Uitoto, Muinane, Andoque and Nonuya peoples of the Middle Rio Caquetá region of the Colombian Amazon are...

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Provide safe water for underserved communities, WaterAid charges stakeholders

WaterAid Nigeria has appealed to the government and the Organised Private Sector to provide access to safe drinking water...
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World Water Day: Firm promises 20m jobs in Nigeria

A water and renewable energy organisation, Fordmarx Nigeria, says it will create over 20 million productive jobs within a...

Forests Day: Lagos and lords of real estate, refineries, reforestation

Lagos State is characterised with the lowland tropical and mangrove forests, in addition to a landscape that is unlocked...

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Provide safe water for underserved communities, WaterAid charges stakeholders

WaterAid Nigeria has appealed to the government and the...

World Water Day: Firm promises 20m jobs in Nigeria

A water and renewable energy organisation, Fordmarx Nigeria, says...