“We will not allow ourselves to be limited:” UN Gender Award winner
“One woman at a time,” the vision of gender in peacekeeping will change.
“One woman at a time,” the vision of gender in peacekeeping will change.
Pooling the different strengths of countries which contribute thousands of troops to UN missions around the world, will make peacekeeping safer and more effective.
The man in charge of blue helmets serving at the UN’s deadliest peacekeeping mission, which is facing serious shortfalls in equipment and personnel, has pledged to succeed - if he’s given the tools to do the job.
The digital gap between richer and poorer countries is growing, the UN said on Wednesday, as it announced that Iceland leads the way for information communication technology usage.
Governments have a “huge responsibility” in ensuring that communities can respond to rising sea levels or other impacts of climate change, a senior official with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said.
Recognizing the complexity of responsible medicine use is needed to help reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
As the exodus of Rohingya Muslims continues from Myanmar to Bangladesh, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF has highlighted the plight of some of the most vulnerable: heavily pregnant women, whose babies are born in desperate conditions.
One of them is 30-year-old Mubina Khatun.
Ensuring that the poor, excluded and marginalized are included in climate talks is one way women leaders can guarantee these discussions are inclusive.
Human rights in Belarus are not improving, but rather “going from worse to worse.”
That’s the view of Miklos Harazti, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus, who has been accused by the government there of ignoring positive developments and barred from entering the country.
Statelessness, rising intolerance and hate-speech are some of the key challenges faced by many religious and other vulnerable minorities around the world.