WaterAid and Marie Stopes International Australia (MSI) are working on an integrated health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project that aims to contribute towards increased school retention in girls through reducing unintended pregnancies and improving menstrual health, while strengthening women-led business…
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) is encouraging seafood lovers to take the pledge to #GiveFlakeABreak and choose sustainable alternatives to flake when they visit their local chippy this summer. In Australia there is no legal obligation to call shark meat, commonly known as ‘flake’, for…
A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature names eastern Australia among 24 global deforestation fronts – the only developed nation on the list. In 2015, WWF’s Saving Forests at Risk analysis identified 11 global deforestation fronts including eastern Australia. In WWF’s new report Deforestation…
Thousands of people are being supported to stop smoking with Quit’s free online Make a Plan tool, designed to help people stop smoking for good, regardless of where they are in their quitting journey. More than 33,000 people used the Plan in…
Faith leaders and community health workers must play a massive role in the global roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine, a World Vision survey has revealed. One year on from the World Health Organisation first reporting an outbreak of a new coronavirus in…
Cultural dance workshops for people with vision loss; an “exercise bingo” game for over-65s; skateboarding and scooting workshops for youth in a remote town; and a group exercise program for carers of people with Parkinson’s Disease. These are all winning projects in…
Australians’ news consumption rose dramatically in 2020 as COVID-19 swept the globe, but a new analysis from the aid agency CARE has revealed the 10 humanitarian crises which received the least media coverage. Topping the list is Burundi, a densely-populated African country…
New Oxfam research shows that over a third of the world’s population has had no public money to cope with the effects of the pandemic.…
As Australia celebrates low case numbers of COVID-19 and early signs of economic recovery, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has released new figures revealing the extent of a deepening crisis amongst people seeking asylum.…
Alarming new research shows aerosol sunscreens are putting Aussies at risk of sunburn.…
