NEW YORK — Global education can reduce poverty. Ahead of the U.N. High-Level Political Forum currently held in New York under the theme of “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world,” a UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) policy paper released last month broke down important facts in the inextricable relationship between education and poverty and saliently demonstrated how global education can reduce poverty. The most striking fact of all? If all adults completed secondary school, 420 million people would be lifted out of poverty with global poverty cut into half. In fact, two-thirds of the reduction would be…
Author: Mohammed Khalid
Mohammed Khalid
Mohammed Khalid writes for The Borgen Project from the quiet suburbs of Maryland. His personal and academic interests include journalism, cybersecurity, counterterrorism, writing, and constitutional and immigration law. Mohammed was born in the United Arab Emirates and grew up in both Pakistan and the United States. He is passionately (and perpetually) involved in building empathy by engaging with others and learning about their lives and stories.
SEATTLE — The idyllic Republic of Marshall Islands is a remote atoll just three to four feet above sea level. Encircled on all sides by the North Pacific, this tiny archipelago has suffered its share of big problems. Extreme drought, dwindling freshwater resources and drinking water problems are just a few of its latest struggles. Though the Marshall Islands gained independence in 1986, the republic is in free association with the United States. Last year, the island suffered its worst-ever drought, prompting then-President Obama to declare a state of emergency. Most people in the Marshall Islands live on the coral atoll…