Law and Crime Prevention

Many children are attending online school from home during the coronavirus outbreak. Verified information helps keep everyone safe during a crisis like COVID-19.
© UNICEF/Lisa Adelson

Pause before sharing, to help stop viral spread of COVID-19 misinformation

30 June 2020
Global

The UN is asking people to make the same judgement calls they’ve been applying to social distancing, to social media, and take extra care before sharing.

In 2016, UNFPA and UNICEF launched a global programme to tackle child marriage in twelve of the most high-prevalence countries, including Nepal.
UNFPA-UNICEF/Kiran Panday

Harmful practices rob women and girls of ‘right to reach their full potential’

30 June 2020
Global

Urgent, and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful practices” and abuses carried out against women and girls, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), said on Tuesday, in its latest major report on the state of the world’s population. 

Protesters in McCarren Park in Brooklyn observe 20 minutes of silence for those who have died from racist actions.
© Sarah Scaffidi

Human Rights Council picks up again after COVID suspension, to hold racism debate

15 June 2020
Global

After a three month long COVID-19-enforced break, the Human Rights Council resumed on Monday, giving the green light to a rare Urgent Debate on racism, alleged police brutality and violence against protesters sickened by the killing of American George Floyd in police custody.