For this latest edition of our UN Gender Focus podcast, we’ll be hearing from some of the young women who came through the doors of UN Headquarters earlier this month, to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. UN News’s Natalie Hutchison, looks at how much “girl power” is likely to be fueling the global workforce of the future.

The UN - African Union joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is preparing to leave Sudan in less than two years, and there is concern that the issue of IDPs will remain unresolved.  UNAMID radio producer, Setyo Budi, spoke to Rommel dela Rosa, the mission’s Governance and Community Stabilization Officer, and Head of the temporary operating base in Golo, Central Darfur.

According to a new report by UNCTAD, Foreign direct investment (FDI) has fallen more than 40 per cent in the first half of 2018, compared with the same period last year, with developing economies escaping the worst of the downturn.  Overall, the global financial picture is “gloomy”, James Zhan, UNCTAD Director of Investment and Enterprise, told Daniel Johnson in Geneva.

The international debate over refugees and migration can make the positive contributions of migrants in rural development and agricultural sectors seem insignifcant, but lead economist at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , Andrea Cattaneo, says there are enormous benefits. Monday's State of Food and Agriculture report  traces the link between migration and boosts in food security, nutrition, and schooling. Mr. Cattaneo spoke to Charlotta Lomas.