Monthly Archives: February 2016

Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction, UN human rights monitors told
Women and girls need to be at the core of disaster risk reduction, given that they often bear the brunt of climate change and hazards such as storms and floods, United Nations experts tasked with monitoring implementation of a landmark UN convention on ending discrimination against women heard today.
Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction, UN human rights monitors told
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Fiji: UNICEF steps up response as &#39full picture&#39 of Cyclone Winston&#39s impact becomes clearer
As the full picture of the worst cyclone ever to hit Fiji becomes more apparent, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that up to 120,000 children across the county may be badly affected.
Fiji: UNICEF steps up response as &#39full picture&#39 of Cyclone Winston&#39s impact becomes clearer
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN opens support &#39hubs&#39 to boost protection for families and children on move across Europe
As part of a joint effort to increase protection for the growing numbers of children and others with specific needs arriving in Europe, two United Nations agencies have agreed to set up special support centres for children and families along the most frequently used migration routes across the continent.
UN opens support &#39hubs&#39 to boost protection for families and children on move across Europe
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Europe&#39s restrictive measures place added hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers – UN
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is concerned by recent restrictive practices adopted in a number of European countries that are placing additional undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers across Europe, creating chaos at several border points, and putting particular pressure on Greece as it struggles to deal with larger numbers of people in need of accommodation and services.
Europe&#39s restrictive measures place added hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Quality education in mother languages vital to success of 2030 Agenda &#8211 UN
Mother languages are essential to providing quality education, which in turn supports the achievement of the new global development agenda, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on the International Day established to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world.
Quality education in mother languages vital to success of 2030 Agenda &#8211 UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Afghanistan recommits to ending recruitment of children in security forces – UN envoy
During a mission to Afghanistan by the United Nations envoy dealing with children and armed conflict issues, the Government reiterated its commitment to fully implement its plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children in the national security forces.
Afghanistan recommits to ending recruitment of children in security forces – UN envoy
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Two years on, Ukraine conflict affects over half a million children &#8211 UNICEF
The conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of 580,000 children living in non-government controlled areas and close to the front line in the east of the country, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) said today, highlighting that 200,000 of them &#8211 or one in three &#8211 need psychosocial support.
Two years on, Ukraine conflict affects over half a million children &#8211 UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN and partner agency inaugurate first child-friendly spaces in West Bank refugee camp
The first ever child-friendly spaces – a football pitch and a playground – were inaugurated today in Aida refugee camp in the West Bank’s town of Bethlehem by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Lajee Center, a community-based grassroots creative cultural centre.
UN and partner agency inaugurate first child-friendly spaces in West Bank refugee camp
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population