The number of undernourished people worldwide fell for the third consecutive year in 2025, but the continent now exceeds Asia in absolute numbers and will concentrate more than half of those affected by 2030
A resolution led by Malawi and adopted unanimously recognizes that combating these conditions, which affect more than 1 billion people, requires action against factors such as poverty, lack of safe water and discrimination
Doctors, epidemiologists and surveillance systems have managed to contain flares of cholera, mpox and Marburg virus before they become international crises
The head of OCHA warns from Madrid that aid reaching Gaza is insufficient and regrets that Israel has been very ‘critical’ of his work and of the UN
The main sticking point is the mechanism that will define how nations share samples and sequences of viruses with pandemic potential and, in return, obtain access to vaccines
Valencia joins a growing number of Spanish cities revisiting their slave-trading past with guided tours and activities designed to recover the stories of communities long erased from public memory
The head of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence and biodesign to global health, and advocates for dialogue with those who are wary of vaccines
The Pakistani activist visited Spain as part of an international campaign to have the ‘systematic erasure’ of women in Afghanistan recognized as a crime against humanity
The Italian photojournalist, second finalist for the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, portrays the intimate lives of women under the yoke of the Taliban
The billionaire and philanthropist participated this Monday in an event marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of EL PAÍS, where he reflected on the challenges of a world in crisis
Using testimonies from Afghan women and experts, the Permanent People’s Tribunal documents how fundamentalists have established gender apartheid and committed crimes against humanity against Afghan women
‘The money is there,’ says the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. ‘All that is needed is the political will’
According to a United Nations report, women are still at a disadvantage in nearly all areas compared to men
A resolution spearheaded by Ivory Coast and unanimously approved acknowledges the physical, mental, and social impact of dermatological conditions, which affect one-third of humanity and have been neglected for decades
EL PAÍS followed the path of 15 geolocated garments for months and over thousands of kilometers to gauge the environmental and social costs of the mass consumption of fast fashion. Dubbed in Africa as ‘dead white man’s clothing,’ it pollutes countries in the Global South, feeds opaque commercial networks and leaves a long carbon footprint in its wake
The executive director of Oxfam International believes that the current economic system consolidates the growing level of worldwide inequality, in which 3.6 billion people live below the poverty line
SpaceX’s internet service offers faster connectivity and plays a positive role in developing underserved regions by providing coverage to rural areas that previously lacked access. However, it employs few locals and faces regulatory issues
The executive director of the organization says gender inequality is one of the most important drivers of new infections, especially in Africa
Maternal mortality and the rate of teenage pregnancies have improved globally in recent decades. However, these figures have worsened ‘in an alarming number of countries,’ according to the latest report by the United Nations Population Fund
The civil war that has been devastating the African country for almost a year has produced the largest number of internally displaced individuals in the world and a famine emergency affecting five million people. It also looms as a regional conflict
The artist has focused her work on the beauty of the women of Afghanistan, working around wars and patriarchal restrictions. Since the Taliban returned to power, she has been living as a refugee in Paris. She tells EL PAÍS that the group has created a system of ‘gender apartheid that makes life impossible’
Relatives of missing girls and women denounce the lack of investigations and the limited number of convictions. NGOs are working to rescue victims, while the government is attempting to strengthen the police and judicial bodies to combat this widespread crime
The United Nations expert on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has demanded that Western governments move from condemnation to action
The NGO’s annual report warns against double standards in established democracies and the risks of impunity for regimes that violate individual and collective freedoms
Seven departments in the country have already declared an emergency due to the lack of water. If the drought continues, cities like La Paz and El Alto will be left without water, while the inhabitants of rural areas will be forced to migrate to large cities
The Ecuadorian justice system has recognized that this Amazonian community is the rightful owner of 42,360 hectares in Pë'këya, an area that contains the tribe’s most important sacred places
International humanitarian law expressly prohibits attacks on health centers, unless they are used to commit ‘acts harmful to the enemy.’ However, even in this case, an operation that puts the lives of civilians at risk is not lawful