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COP28 President-Designate and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, call for the world's most vulnerable to be placed at the heart of climate action

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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The COP28 President-Designate and Bangladesh Prime Minister agreed to partner to supercharge climate, social and economic solutions.

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  • The COP28 President-Designate and Bangladesh Prime Minister agreed to partner to supercharge climate, social and economic solutions.
  • The President-Designate and the Prime Minister jointly committed to working constructively in the lead up to COP28 to protect the world's most vulnerable communities.
  • Prime Minister Hasina commended the COP28 President-Designate for placing food systems at the heart of climate discussions.
  • Prime Minister Hasina expressed Bangladesh's full support for the COP28 Presidency and confidence in the COP28 President Designate as a convenor of the multilateral climate process.

HWPL's 7th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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"HWPL has been strengthening trust and communication with youth, women, and civil society around the world in solidarity through activities such as Legislate Peace Project, WARP Office, and Peace Education," Parekh said.

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  • "HWPL has been strengthening trust and communication with youth, women, and civil society around the world in solidarity through activities such as Legislate Peace Project, WARP Office, and Peace Education," Parekh said.
  • As the saying goes, love your neighbor as yourself, war will disappear only when there is love for each other.
  • Just as people learn when they have to create (something), peace must be taught at home and at school to create peace.
  • Let everyone in the global village become messengers of peace," Chairman Lee Man-hee of HWPL said.

Food Insecurity and COVID-19 Risk in Low- and Middle-income Countries

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Friday, October 22, 2021
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New research develops a clearer picture of which groups are vulnerable to food insecurity and the source of that food insecurity during the pandemic.

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  • New research develops a clearer picture of which groups are vulnerable to food insecurity and the source of that food insecurity during the pandemic.
  • The authors say, "We found that the perceived presence of COVID-19 in personal networks was positively associated with food insecurity in Bangladesh at the extensive margin.
  • Food insecurity was measured by whether the household reported to not have sufficient financial resources to buy food in the last 7 days.
  • In Kenya, households had a greater likelihood of experiencing extreme values of a food insecurity index, conditional on being food insecure.