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Teachers at the Al-Fateh girls’ high school in Kabul Afghanistan receives the shot of COVAX facilitated COVID-19 vaccine that were enrolled in Afghanistan..
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First Person: Prepare for the next pandemic, says WHO scientist

20 March 2021
Health

New technologies have given us new ways to control diseases - crucial to fighting the COVID pandemic, and future global outbreaks, says the World Health Organization’s Chief Scientist.

Syrian refugee and poet, Amineh Abou Kerech, (16) left her war-torn country at the age of seven.
Mohammad Abou Kerech

First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria

14 March 2021
Culture and Education

A young Syrian woman has told the United Nations how poetry helped her to convey the emotions of all the children who have been caught up in the decade-long civil war in her country.

Martina Sandoval, UNPOL officer from El Salvador, serving in UNMISS, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
UNMISS/Gregório Cunha

First Person: Women peacekeepers a ‘powerful image for girls in remote villages’

13 March 2021
Peace and Security

Deputy Inspector Martina de Maria Sandoval Linares, from El Salvador always wanted to help others. Now, working as a UN Police officer, she has found her vocation, far from home in South Sudan. Ms. Linares, whose eight-year-old daughter and family are back in El Salvador, told UN News why the job is so rewarding, despite the sacrifices she makes.

Disha project to empower women and create livelihoods for women entrepreneurs in India.
UNDP India

First Person: Fighting for women’s financial freedom

2 March 2021
Women

Around the world, the opportunities for women to lead successful, financially secure lives are being limited by government legislation, company policies and deep-rooted misogyny. The UN is leading efforts to give women more access to digital financial tools, seen as essential to playing a full part in the global economy.