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2 days ago | borgenproject.org | Naida Jahic

Brazil shares a complex history with its indigenous population that spans centuries. The country contains approximately 60% of the Amazon rainforest and houses around 305 indigenous tribes. Throughout the 20th century, the intersection of indigenous rights, natural resource management and economic development has been navigated in Brazil. Background to Indigenous Rights in BrazilBrazilian policy aimed to balance development needs with indigenous rights and environmental protection.

2 days ago | borgenproject.org | Naida Jahic

Women in Fiji experience disparities compared to men. Among these hindering challenges lie the women’s critical earned income rights and segregated employment opportunities. For example, in February 2024, only 9.1% of women served in the country’s legislature. In addition, about 13.9% of girls, ages 15 and older, work unpaid, fulfilling more household work than men. The country ranked 107th out of 146 countries for its gender gap.

2 days ago | borgenproject.org | Naida Jahic

Health care is widely accessible in many parts of the world, but in some places, it is much more difficult to access. Mercy Ships volunteers have been providing help to the less fortunate since 1978. A partnership with MSC in 2011 has helped Mercy Ships enhance its services. Mercy Ships has impacted more than 2 million lives with the help of its liveaboard helpers. It has done over 119,000 surgeries, trained more than 50,000 people and has had more than 1,500 volunteers each year.

3 days ago | borgenproject.org | Naida Jahic

Home to almost 47,000 people, St Kitts and Nevis are two small islands in the West Indies, located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, St Kitts being the larger island of the two. Struggling with poverty, the two islands have been heavily focusing their efforts on poverty reduction, developing better social security, healthcare and education benefits, one of the most impactful programs being The Livelihood Improvement for Family Transformation (LIFT) program.

3 days ago | borgenproject.org | Naida Jahic

As of 2023, Tajikistan remains one of the poorest countries among the former Soviet republics. Only 22% of Tajiks have received any education beyond high school, and children born today could complete less than one year of tertiary education. This limited access to higher education in Tajikistan happens due to several factors, including poverty, traditional gender roles, and the lingering effects of the post-Soviet transition.