There is danger that one of the world’s most protracted crises could be “partially forgotten” by the international community, a former senior UN official fears.
Indigenous women in the Philippines have “many problems,” including a lack of recognition of their ancestral land rights, so they need to be empowered in order to stand up for those rights, a human rights advocate has urged.
Multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion are behind the “alarmingly high prevalence” of violence experienced by indigenous women in Australia, according to a UN human rights expert.
Increased fighting in western Mosul in Iraq is making it difficult for people to leave their homes while the price of food rises as availability decreases.
Members of the minority Rohingya community in Myanmar have reported mass gang rapes, killings, beatings and other violations they have suffered at the hands of the security forces.
HIV prevention in the Philippines is “difficult” and challenging because of church teaching against the use of condoms, the UN’s Children Fund, UNICEF, has said.
