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More than 62,000 refugees have fled Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Sudan.
© UNHCR/Ahmed Kwarte

Grave concerns over 'dire' and deteriorating situation in war-torn Tigray region 

28 May 2021
Peace and Security

UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday about serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians who are also facing dire food insecurity in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after months of conflict. 

Children play on the beach in Epi island, Vanuatu, an archipelago in the western Pacific which is home to about 300,000 people.
UNICEF/Jason Chute

INTERVIEW: The women activists aiming to make history in Vanuatuan politics

3 March 2021
Women

The Republic of Vanuatu is one of the few countries in the world without a single woman representative in parliament, but two determined activists are committed to ending that situation, and ensuring that women’s voices are heard by the island nation’s most senior decision-makers.

A mother and her new born baby at the National Health Center for Mother and Child, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (4 September 2015)
UNICEF/Jan Zammit

Breastfeeding ‘for a healthier planet’

1 August 2020
Health

World Breastfeeding Week got underway on Saturday, with the UN urging communities everywhere to “support breastfeeding for a healthier planet”. Health agency (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a joint call for governments to protect and promote women’s access to skilled breastfeeding counselling - a critical component of breastfeeding support.

A worker prunes trees on a farm in South Africa.
World Bank/Trevor Samson

Trade pact could boost Africa’s income by as much as $450 billion: World Bank

27 July 2020
Economic Development

The African Continental Free Trade Area represents a major opportunity for countries to boost growth, reduce poverty, broaden economic inclusion and help “expand opportunities for all Africans”, hailed a World Bank official on Monday, which if fully implemented, could boost regional income by around $450 billion.

Women and children sit on mattresses on the floor at a detention centre in Tripoli, Libya.
© UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi

Rise in women prisoners and COVID measures, ‘making sentences worse’

16 July 2020
Human Rights

More than 700,000 women are in prison around the world, and that number is growing much faster than men, the Human Rights Council has heard.

A 10-year-old girl, who was a victim of abuse, stands in front of her house in Maradi, Niger.
© UNICEF/Frank Dejong

COVID-19 intensifies ‘brutal crime’ of sexual violence in conflict 

19 June 2020
Human Rights

Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is “a brutal crime” that is being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief underscored on Friday, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Esther next to a tent she lives in at a camp set up for displaced people at the Jehovas Witness Centre in Dondo, Mozambique. Cyclone Idai displaced thousands of people.
UNICEF/DE WET

New UN report highlights link between gender, climate and security

9 June 2020
Peace and Security

Even as countries buckle under the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must consider the links between gender inequality and crisis, particularly in communities affected by climate change and conflict.

Beth Ribblett, the owner of Swirl Wine Bar and Market in New Orleans, recommends wine to a customer.
ILO Photo/John Isaac

Women in Business 'must be knowledgeable and trust their knowledge'

27 December 2019
Women

Women who set up their own businesses will succeed if they are knowledgeable about their field and “trust their knowledge”; that’s according to the owner of a successful wine bar and store in the city of New Orleans in the United States. 

The owner of Swirl Wine Bar and Market New Orleans advises a customer about wine.
ILO/John Isaac

FIRST PERSON: Community helping to heal New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina

26 December 2019
Women

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana. 

New Orleans-based Kai Bussant repairs and refurbishes hats.
ILO Photo/John Isaac

FIRST PERSON: Feeling the milliner’s vibe

25 December 2019
Women

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana.