Monthly Archives: January 2016

UN chief announces first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment

UN chief announces first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to provide leadership and mobilize concrete actions aimed at closing economic gender gaps that persist around the world.
UN chief announces first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Harsh winter poses additional hazards to child refugees and migrants arriving in Europe – UN

Harsh winter poses additional hazards to child refugees and migrants arriving in Europe – UN
With children now accounting for more than one in three of the tens of thousands of refugees and migrants flooding into Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today voiced concern at the impact recent sub-zero temperatures and snowy conditions were having on them.
Harsh winter poses additional hazards to child refugees and migrants arriving in Europe – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Ban names former Save the Children CEO as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF

Ban names former Save the Children CEO as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Justin Forsyth, a British national, as Deputy Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Ban names former Save the Children CEO as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Yemen’s war-weary children face ‘new year of pain and suffering’ – UNICEF official

Yemen’s war-weary children face ‘new year of pain and suffering’ – UNICEF official
The ongoing deadly violence in Yemen has left nearly 10 million children to face threats of malnutrition and disease, lack of education, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to the country warned today, calling for unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need and an end to the conflict.
Yemen’s war-weary children face ‘new year of pain and suffering’ – UNICEF official
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Deprived of school, future of 24 million children in conflict zones under threat – UN report

Deprived of school, future of 24 million children in conflict zones under threat – UN report
Nearly 24 million children living in crisis zones in 22 strife-torn countries are being deprived of a school education, threatening their own future and that of their societies, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
Deprived of school, future of 24 million children in conflict zones under threat – UN report
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population