by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 30, 2019 | News
Progress toward the sustainable development goals (SDGs) could be reversed in some areas if trends continue, according to a United Nations report published on Sept. 11. While noting positive steps taken by the U.N. member states who all adopted the SDGs in 2015, the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 14, 2019 | News
Progress is insufficient to reach many food-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, according to a report published July 18 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). “The most recent evidence available for such targets …...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 17, 2019 | News
Half of the world’s children (175 million) between 3 and 6 years old are not enrolled in pre-primary education programs, according to a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report published April 8. The percentage jumps to 78 percent of pre-primary-age children not...
by Mitch Randall | Mar 14, 2019 | Opinion
United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon said, “The world is overarmed, and peace is under-funded.” At the 2019 Advocacy in Action meeting in New York City, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship invited participants to tour the headquarters of the United Nations....
by Mitch Randall | Mar 7, 2019 | Opinion
With the International Women’s Day taking place on Friday, March 8, I want to make this declaration clear: “I am a feminist.” Gloria Steinem once said, “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” For Christians who read and...