Mexico

In Oaxaca, Mexico, volunteers from San Blas Atempa help remove debris and clear the streets of San Mateo del Mar affected by the earthquake.
UNICEF/Solís

UN chief sends condolences, offers help after earthquake in Mexico

11 September 2017
Secretary-General António Guterres has offered his condolences to the Government and people of Mexico and said the United Nations stands ready to provide support, should it be requested.
A woman fleeing from El Salvador walks along the train tracks in Chiapas, Mexico on her way to the United States.
UNHCR/ Markel Redondo

IOM worried by rise in deaths of migrants crossing US-Mexico border

4 August 2017
General News

The drowning of a five-year-old child in the Rio Grande river this week and the recent discovery of 10 bodies in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas are harrowing reminders of the dangers undocumented migrants face in their attempts to enter the United States.

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UN Photo/Amanda Voisard
UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

UNESCO urges investigation into murder of award-winning Mexican journalist

16 May 2017
Following the killing of award-winning Mexican journalist Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas, the head of the United Nations cultural agency today encouraged the country’s authorities to move quickly to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure the killing does not go unpunished.
Girls fetching water in Mawyah district, Taiz. (file)
OCHA

UN Gender Focus: Yemen, indigenous women and disaster preparedness

27 April 2017
UN Gender Focus

Women and girls paying “heaviest price” in Yemen as famine looms: UNFPA

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Poster of the campaign #NoEsDeHombres

Public transport campaign tackles sexual harassment

17 April 2017
UN Gender Focus

A new campaign in Mexico City aims to combat a touchy subject: sexual harassment on public transportation.

A recent national survey found that nearly 90 per cent of women feel unsafe on buses and subways.

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Mariam Jalabi.
UN News/Lucy Dean

UN Gender Focus: Syrian women, reproductive health and sexual harassment

13 April 2017
UN Gender Focus

Women’s participation in peace talks empower Syrians “as a whole”

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Carlos Kaiser speaking to Matthew Wells.
UN Radio

Support for the disabled facing disasters “still in a symbolic stage”

17 March 2017
General News

Support for people with disabilities around the world who are preparing for disasters is “still in a symbolic stage”.

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Amina J. Mohammed.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN Gender Focus: UN deputy chief, UN Women forum and Indigenous women

2 March 2017
UN Gender Focus

We must reinvent ourselves” to serve world better: UN deputy chief

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Inspired by snowballing social media discussions on sexual harassment in Egypt, a group of independent activists took the conversation to an offline public. They aimed to build support in Cairo and beyond, using the most simple of approaches: the country’
UN Women/Fatma Elzahraa Yassin (2012)

UN Women forum highlights importance of safe urban spaces

24 February 2017
UN Gender Focus

Up to 90 per cent of women report that they’ve been harassed on their way to work, according to information cited by UN Women.

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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst.
MINUSTAH

Fighting impunity is the best way to protect Mexico’s human rights defenders – UN expert

25 January 2017
A United Nations rights expert expressed concern today about widespread impunity for crimes against human rights defenders in Mexico, noting that the situation is inducing more violations.