COVID-19: Armed with needles and thread
The walls are covered with order sheets inside the meeting room of Sisters in Business (visit the site). The workrooms are filled with the...
The Music Industry Comes Together To Fight COVID-19
COVID-19 has hit the global music industry hard. Around the world, concerts and music festivals have been cancelled to stop the spread of the...
COVID-19: A perfect storm for violence behind closed doors
Domestic violence is on the rise globally as confinements and hardships due to COVID-19 add fuel to an existing fire. In China, the amount...
Solidarity in Action: UN SDG Action Campaign supports world’s largest hackathon...
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest ever global hackathon is taking place online this week. The aim is to exchange and implement...
COVID-19: “Keep moving so we can come out of this crisis...
Physical activity, even during a lockdown, is very important. Whether you are an amateur or a professional, sport keeps us in good health, lifts...
Pregnant women are worried about giving birth during the pandemic. Midwives...
While nurses and doctors are working on the frontlines to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak, other health professionals continue to care for patients who are...
‘Go Goals’ family board game to learn about Sustainable Development
Keeping children busy during confinement can be a real challenge. As a result, board games have grown increasingly popular as a go-to family activity...
UN Secretary-General renews appeal for Global Ceasefire
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged “armed actors” around the world to put down their weapons to give people in places of conflict a better...
Healthcare heroes: how the UK’s health workers are adapting to the...
Since its inception in 1948, the UK’s National Health Service has become one of Britain’s most enviable institutions. In the current crisis, healthcare workers...
COVID-19: How do you self-isolate if you have nowhere to live?
Across Europe, people have been asked to stay at home to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. And yet many have no home to...
COVID-19: RnB to the rescue
Swedish authorities use hip-hop and RnB artists to reach minorities and the suburbs with information about COVID-19.
It was discovered that many of those who...
EU approves Coronavirus aid package
The European Union has adopted measures to quickly release funding from the bloc’s budget to help tackle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Coronavirus...
Behind the masks, nurses are worried but determined
Europeans have taken to applauding the efforts of health care workers on their balconies every night during the COVID-19 pandemic. The worryingly high death-rate...
COVID-19: Mental health must be a priority
The measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 such as physical distancing and the closure of schools and workplaces may have a negative...
Living under Lockdown in the UK
On Monday 23rd March, Boris Johnson announced sweeping new restrictions to daily life. These restrictions are an attempt to curtail the UK’s outbreak of...