| GLOBAL: Children’s rights not yet a reality |
 DAKAR, 20 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Children’s rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and protection in conflicts and natural disasters, children are often the first to be deprived of their rights.
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PHILIPPINES: Funding shortfall brings health, food security risks, UN warns |  BANGKOK, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The UN has warned of serious health risks and food security problems over a lack of funding to assist the Philippines after the country was hit by three major storms and typhoons.
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GLOBAL: Food aid that gets you two for the price of one |  JOHANNESBURG, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Good quality food aid can save billions of dollars that would otherwise be spent on saving lives, says a major report from the World Bank, one of two new studies that uncover some unsettling facts about food aid and malnutrition.
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ASIA: Breastfeeding more crucial in emergencies |  BANGKOK, 13 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - A recent spate of natural disasters in Asia has further underscored the importance of breastfeeding during emergencies, with a need for additional policies to support this.
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SRI LANKA: Interview with top government official on IDP camps, returns |  COLOMBO, 11 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - One of the more contentious issues in Sri Lanka this year has been the plight of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north.
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In Brief: Afghan Red Crescent condemns NATO operation at its office |  KABUL, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has denounced a NATO-led military operation at its office in Qalat, capital of the southern province of Zabul, on 7 November.
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AFGHANISTAN: Top five humanitarian needs |  KABUL, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Eight years after the overthrow of the Taliban and billions of dollars spent on aid, Afghanistan remains mired in poverty and deeply insecure. IRIN asked three experts what they considered were the country's top five humanitarian needs.
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GLOBAL: Mixed scorecard for donors |  DAKAR, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The world’s wealthiest donors do not put enough into helping communities prevent and prepare for disaster, says the non-profit DARA International, in its third annual rating of donors on quality and efficacy of humanitarian aid.
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AFGHANISTAN: “We feel exposed to greater risks now” - local aid workers |  KABUL, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Local NGOs and Afghans working for international agencies have voiced concern about their security after hundreds of UN international staff were temporarily relocated outside Afghanistan for security reasons.
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GLOBAL: Fortified flour and chewing gum - new approaches to malnutrition |  NAIROBI, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Some of the most widespread forms of malnutrition can best be reduced by delivering micronutrients and fortifying food in new, cost-effective ways, in combination with community outreach work, experts have said.
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