Blog posts from our worldwide Helvetas network

Even if women would like to be leaders in the social development of their community, there may simply not be enough hours in the day for this, unless their care work burden is reduced or redistributed.

Currently, about 73 million youth worldwide are looking for work. Those who succeed in finding employment are typically hired into low-skilled, low-productivity positions, often in the informal sector.

Super Typhoon Haiyan, locally know as Yolanda, struck Eastern Samar and Leyte in November 2013, affecting more than 14 million people. Large volumes of aid poured into the area right after the disaster. Now the emergency phase is over. Yet a number of international aid agencies continue providing direct assistance to the typhoon-affected communities.

Access to and use of enough and safe water enable poor women and men to lead a healthy life by improving the quality of drinking water and reducing water-borne diseases. Better functioning water treatment and safe storage system addresses unimproved water sources and unsafe or unreliable water supplies.

The main objectives of this conference were to highlight the importance of climate change adaptation in water management and farming systems.

Waste, rubbish, trash, junk, garbage… you name it! Growing cities in many parts of the world face serious problems from increasing generation of waste. If not well managed, it can be an environmental and health problem, but also an economic loss.