UN Gender Focus: Indigenous women and girls, fighting gender-based violence and Syrian refugees in Portugal
“Triple discrimination” holds back Indigenous women and girls: FAO
“Triple discrimination” holds back Indigenous women and girls: FAO
Promoting a world where thoughtful debate serves as a bridge to unite people is the goal of a three-day conference taking place in Azerbaijan.
An upcoming UN conference on oceans should see countries committing to fight illegal and unregulated fishing, according to a top official with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The new Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) has been hearing for himself “heart-breaking stories” of loss and need in conflict-affected Syria.
An imprisoned Eritrean-born journalist whose current whereabouts are not known has won a UN-backed award that celebrates freedom of the press.
In November 2016, rains failed for the third year in a row in some parts of Somalia, resulting in a drought that has put millions at risk of famine.
The more than decade-and-a-half long detention of journalist Dawit Isaac in Eritrea must end, a UN investigator said on Wednesday.
Without freedom of the press, an “informed and engaged” public would not be possible, the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, said on Wednesday.
Women in South Sudan are striking back at sexual and gender-based violence.
They have been learning self-defense techniques, giving them the skills to protect themselves against potential attacks.
The rate of deforestation in Africa and Asia is “alarmingly high” although many developed countries are increasing their forest cover.