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unicef projects afghanistan will lose 25,000 women teachers and health workers by 2030.
the april 27 analysis records female civil-service representation falling from 21 to 17.7 percent between 2023 and 2025. an estimated 3.8 million girls aged 7 to 18 were out of school in 2024. the cost of current decrees is put at 84 million dollars a year in lost output, with more than two million girls projected out of secondary school by 2030.
via UN NewsAF
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brazilian amazon deforestation falls to its lowest five-month level since 2014.
inpe's prodes alerts logged 1,325 square kilometers of clearing between august 2025 and january 2026, down from 2,050 in the same period a year earlier. environment minister marina silva said seventy of eighty-one priority municipalities have joined federal enforcement programs. the trailing twelve-month figure also sits at the lowest since 2014.
via MongabayBR