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ON ITS 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WIDOWS DAY, THE LOOMBA FOUNDATION SEEKS RECOGNITION FOR WIDOWS IN UN’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

~ 2015 Global Widows Report shows number of widows up by 9% since 2010; widows living in extreme poverty down by 22%; India displaces China as the country with largest number of widows ~ ~ Hosts fundraiser charity dinner in London to empower 5000 widows in Varanasi, India ~ ~ Empowers widows and destitute inmates …

Community Development takes center stage at World Tourism Day 2014

The tourism sector’s contribution to communities’ empowerment as one of the pillars of sustainable development was at the heart of this year’s World Tourism Day celebrations. The President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, opened the official celebrations of World Tourism Day held in Guadalajara, Mexico (27 September 2014). World Tourism Day (WTD) was celebrated this …

Building Resilience Critical to End Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: IFPRI

Global conference offers new research and commitments to address threat of rising shocks to global food system  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 16, 2014—According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the post-2015 agenda should aim to end hunger by 2025—and can succeed by building resilience to various environmental, political and economic shocks that threaten …