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Needed in the Global South: Wastewater Collection for COVID-19 Detection
Monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 provides real-time insight into viral spread, enabling timely preventative and coping measures.
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New UN Study Reveals Limited Impact of Tax and Social Protection Policies in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa
Tax and benefit policies provided limited income protection to poorest households and failed to offset the increase in poverty amid COVID-19.
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A Step Forward for Palermo’s Trafficking Protocol, This Time Integrating Frontier Technology
New technology can combat the roots of human trafficking by identifying hotspots, patterns, and factors that exacerbate vulnerabilities beyond gender.
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UNU-CPR Bolsters Peace and Conflict Prevention Expertise
Dr Erica Gaston has been appointed Senior Policy Advisor and Head of the Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme at UNU-CPR.
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New UN Tool Maps Floods Since 1985
United Nations University-led experts have debuted a new tool that generates instant, accurate street-level resolution maps of floods worldwide.
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Stress Testing the UN’s Regional Prevention Approaches
This project was driven by the key question: How can the UN better integrate its regional prevention work to more effectively respond to major crises?
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Priorities for Subnational Governments to Overcome COVID-19 and Accelerate SDGs Localisation
A new UNU-IAS report and video offers insights into the challenges and opportunities facing local governments during the global pandemic.
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Reducing Mistreatment of Migrant Domestic Workers
In this UNU-MERIT webinar, Prof. Toman Barsbai will discuss the results of an experiment designed to reduce mistreatment of migrant domestic workers.
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Second Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Certificate Launches for the Financial Sector
FAST and ACAMS initiatives have launched a second free training certificate.
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Climate Academy Webinar Series: Nature-based Solutions and Urban Vulnerability
A series of online events focused on reducing vulnerability to climate change in urban areas through nature-based solutions.