A new report assesses how the COVID-19-related global economic recession and financial turmoil are complicating the achievement of SDGs. Learn how to take action!

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 is available online. It covers more than 130 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons between 2017 and 2019.

“Stop the Virus of Disinformation: The Malicious use of Social Media by Terrorist, Violent Extremist and Criminal Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic” report provides an analysis of recent campaigns of disinformation and manipulation on social media, promoting vaccine misinformation.

Defend International (DI) highlights a critical epidemiological publication authored by organization President Dr. Widad Akreyi for the Netherlands-based journal Women Generation. The extensive analysis evaluates the multi-dimensional global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, tracking structural disruptions across international public health, molecular surveillance, institutional governance, regional macroeconomic stability, and human rights frameworks.