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‘No hope’ global development goals can be achieved without women, says UN Assembly President

15 July 2019
Global

Without the full participation and leadership of women, “we have no hope” of realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the President of the United Nations General Assembly told gender equality leaders on Monday.

UN Women/Ruth McDowall

FROM THE FIELD: Changing world, changing families

25 June 2019
Global

The world is changing rapidly and so are families according to the United Nations gender-focused agency, UN Women.

UN Women/Mariken Harbitz

New UN report on families in a changing world puts ‘women’s rights at their core’

25 June 2019
Global

While women’s rights have advanced over the decades, gender inequalities and other fundamental human rights violations within families persist, according to a flagship study released on Tuesday, from the UN’s gender empowerment agency.

UNICEF/Fuad

Yemen: maternal and newborn health ‘on the brink of total collapse’, UNICEF alerts

14 June 2019
Middle East

After more than four years of grinding conflict in Yemen, healthcare for mothers and their babies is “on the brink of collapse”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday, in a report that highlights the difficulties of childbirth and parenting in a war zone.

UNICEF/Jan Zammit

‘Catastrophic’ healthcare costs put mothers and newborns at risk

3 June 2019

Pregnant women are putting their lives and their babies at risk because of “catastrophic” and prohibitive healthcare costs before, during and after childbirth, UNICEF said on Monday.

UNICEF/Brian Sokol

On the Global Day of Parents, UNICEF is urging support for parents to give children ‘the best start in life’

1 June 2019
Global

Kicking off on Saturday the first-ever global Parenting Month, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is calling on world leaders to invest in family-friendly policies that support parents to give their children “the best start in life”. 

UN Photo/Manuel Elias

Friday’s Daily Brief: Honouring fallen peacekeepers, action against gender-based violence; LGBT rights in Kenya, Rohingya water crisis

24 May 2019

Friday's main stories include: Honouring UN peacekeepers; landmark conference to combat sexual and gender-based violence in crises; Kenya upholds LGBT ban; UNICEF’s plea for Afghani children; Brazil’s bid to compensate tobacco smokers; Water shortages in Bangladesh

OCHA/Giles Clarke

‘Huge’ stakes, ‘daunting’ job to tackle gender-based violence, UNICEF chief tells ground-breaking conference

24 May 2019
Global

One-in-three girls or women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime, and “the risk multiplies” during a conflict or natural disaster, the Executive Director of UNICEF told delegates attending the first-ever “Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Humanitarian Crises Conference” on Friday, in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.

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End ‘shame, isolation and segregation’ of fistula sufferers, urges UN reproductive health chief

23 May 2019
Global

Although obstetric fistula has largely been eliminated in developed countries, more than two million women and girls still live with the painful and disfiguring condition, according to UN data.

World Bank/Charlotte Kesl

Are robots sexist? UN report shows gender bias in talking digital tech

17 May 2019
Global

Why do most voice assistants have female names, and why do they have submissive personalities? The answer, says a new report released on Friday by UNESCO, the UN’s Education, Science and Culture agency, is that there are hardly any women working in the technical teams that develop these services and other cutting-edge digital tools.