Dr. Dominic Dixon
Combat against devastating effects of tobacco can only be won ‘if the UN stands united’
United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 25, 20182 min read
International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade | ‘oppose all forms of modern slavery’ – UNESCO
On this 20th anniversary of the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, the United Nations is inviting...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 23, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 5: Gender Equality
The Challenge Since gender inequality constitutes one of the history’s most persistent and widespread forms of injustice, eliminating it...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 21, 20183 min read
Not Educating Girls Costs Countries Trillions of Dollars, Says New World Bank Report
Limited educational opportunities for girls and barriers to completing 12 years of education cost countries between $15 trillion and $30...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 21, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 4: Quality Education
The Challenge The world today has more knowledge than ever before, but not everyone can benefit from it. Globally, countries have made...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 20, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 3: Good Health And Well-Being
The Challenge Poor health constitutes suffering and deprivation of the most fundamental kind. Over the years, significant strides have...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 19, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 2: Zero Hunger
The Challenge One in every nine individuals around the world today experiences hunger, despite the fact that enough food exists to feed...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 17, 20182 min read
Fears for food security and the future of farming families, as Fall Armyworm spreads to Asia
An “invasive pest” that devours more than 80 different plant species, including many staple crops, could threaten the food security and...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 17, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 1: No Poverty
The Challenge Around the world today, a staggering 800 million people still live in conditions of extreme poverty. With one in five...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Plastics aren’t just polluting our oceans — they’re releasing greenhouse gases
Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa have discovered startling new evidence that the plastics on land and in the ocean...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 16, 20182 min read
World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’
The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 16, 20182 min read
US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma | UNICEF
The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 15, 20185 min read
The day Canada and the UN changed my life | Testimonial of a Refugee
Two years into the Iran-Iraq War, in the early hours of 25 November 1982 in Erbil, my parents rushed to the hospital as my mother was...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 14, 20184 min read
A drone unveils the secrets of Tiwanaku | UNESCO's World Heritage Site
Tiwanaku, the spiritual and political centre of Bolivia’s Tiwanaku culture, is seventy kilometres west of La Paz and fifteen kilometres...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 13, 20182 min read
Latin America and the Caribbean hop into electric mobility
Air pollution kills nearly 7 million people every year around the world. The situation could worsen in the coming years in Latin America...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 13, 20183 min read
Polluting our soils is polluting our future
#StopSoilPollution: 6 reasons why soil pollution should not go unnoticed Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 12, 20183 min read
The Mexican school where pupils plant, harvest and eat together
Local families in Puebla are cultivating a healthy, #ZeroHunger attitude to food Elvis Cortés Hernández grabs his lunch and sits down...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 12, 20182 min read
Heart of the Spirit | Sailing a traditional and sustainable path in Fiji’s tropical waters
Young people in Fiji are helping to revive indigenous cultural practices of the Pacific Ocean island while learning about sustainable...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 11, 20182 min read
UNICEF envoy David Beckham sets sights on new goal: ending bullying in Indonesia’s schools
To help the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tackle bullying in Indonesia – where one in five children have been physically...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 11, 20183 min read
Southeast Asia's appetite for pet otters supplied online | IUCN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia —The online pet trade has emerged as a pressing threat to otters in Southeast Asia with a new TRAFFIC-IUCN Otter...
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