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A third of world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF
Posted on 05 Aug, 2020 01:35 PMAround 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at or above 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL), a level that the World Health Organization and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have stated requires global and regional interventions.
![Two girls recycle metal from used batteries at a workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Image: UNICEF/Naser Siddique)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/unicef-pic.jpg?itok=c7S2dBZo)
Market linkage could ensure higher returns for farm produce
Posted on 03 Aug, 2020 06:49 PMA recent national study on farmer producer’s organisations (FPOs) supported by Tata Trusts investigates gaps looming in business transactions between FPOs and market players and recommends interventions to bridge these.
![Red chilli wholesale market at Karnataka (Image: Pxhere, CC0 Public Domain)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chilly.jpg?itok=TzrI1-ay)
Webinar: Water Resilience in Agriculture - Contribution of Private Sector
Posted on 02 Aug, 2020 11:27 PMDate: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Time: 2:30 pm- 4:00 pm IST.
Language- English
Harnessing demographic dividend amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 21 Jul, 2020 06:42 PMThe Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges to the youth as regards employment opportunities. The policy steps taken by the government have led to a slowdown in economic activities, leading to loss of jobs and mass unemployment.
![Migrant women workers continue to suffer unemployment and underemployment (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman-worker.jpg?itok=Uu71WtZ1)
Creating an Atma Nirbhar Bharat amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 18 Jul, 2020 05:16 PMAccording to the International Labour Organization (ILO), about 63 countries across the globe have prepared National Development Framework or National Employment Policy (NEP) to decide the roadmap for employment generation mainly after the global financial crisis, 2008.
![Brick kiln workers (Image: ILO Asia-Pacific)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/labour-ilo.jpg?itok=StbD-LfN)
Private sector engagement for scaling up small water enterprises
Posted on 15 Jul, 2020 03:40 PMUnderstanding the drivers and key risks for the private sector is of critical importance in their engagement in owning, operating, and managing safe water supply through small water enterprises.
![Owning, operating, and managing safe water supply through small water enterprises is a tangible way for women to transform their lives. (Image: Safe Water Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/safewater-lead-pic.jpg?itok=dsIlEbq5)
Reinventing waste management during Covid-19
Posted on 11 Jul, 2020 10:19 PMIndia stares at a Covid-19 induced waste management crisis and there is a need to strengthen waste management services. An important sanitary barrier to prevent the dissemination of illnesses and diseases, waste management’s impact on the world’s healthcare systems, and the economy are significant.
![A lab technician discarding disposable gloves (Image: CDC/Kimberly Smith, Christine Ford acquired from Public Health Image Library)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a-lab-technician-discarding-disposable-gloves-pv.jpg?itok=Qlw0ixZI)
Catering to the aspirations of frontline workers to ensure water security for rural India
Posted on 01 Jul, 2020 06:26 PMThe Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to create jobs locally. This intersects with the water sector's need for local management. How do we create meaningful opportunities to address the aspirations of the local talent pool and make them discoverable?
![There is a significant demand for skilled human resources in the water sector (Image: Neil Palmer, IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-quality-testing-ganges.jpg?itok=Aiqvu1Ep)
Repurposing microirrigation to deal with water woes
Posted on 30 Jun, 2020 01:39 PMIndia is likely to face stark water scarcity in the coming decades as a result of excessive use, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas - a tool to visualise and assess water stress and drought and flood risk covering
![Irrigation pump supplying water for drip irrigation (Image: IWMI Flickr, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drip_irrigation.jpg?itok=I2f7e2zo)
Fire in Assam to have catastrophic effect on ecozones: Experts
Posted on 11 Jun, 2020 09:04 PMFire breaks at an oil well in Assam damaging ecozones around the site
![Migratory birds flock Maguri Beel, which is 500 m away from the incident site (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8673662663_61e12a1c09_c_0.jpg?itok=fcDMPQ-X)