Monthly Archives: May 2016

‘We have an agenda before us’ – UN officials reiterate need for measures against sexual abuse
Briefing the General Assembly on the challenges being faced and progress being made to end the exploitation and abuse by United Nations peacekeepers, senior UN officials today indicated that immediate concerns have been focused on providing protection and support to the victims, and reiterated the need for collective efforts to put stronger measures in place to ensure prevention and greater accountability.
‘We have an agenda before us’ – UN officials reiterate need for measures against sexual abuse
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

VIDEO: Sámi rapper SlinCraze encourages indigenous youth to celebrate culture
Rapper Nils Rune Utsi, known by his stage name SlinCraze, speaks an endangered language, lives in a tiny village on the Norwegian Arctic, and this week performed at the United Nations to draw attention to what it’s like to be a young indigenous man living in between two worlds.
VIDEO: Sámi rapper SlinCraze encourages indigenous youth to celebrate culture
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN envoy urges South Sudan to implement pledges to address sexual violence crimes
Concluding a four-day visit to Juba, South Sudan, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict has urged high-level authorities of the Transitional Government of National Unity to implement commitments made to address sexual violence crimes.
UN envoy urges South Sudan to implement pledges to address sexual violence crimes
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

African Union-UN mission launches campaign in west Darfur against use of child soldiers
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has launched a campaign in west Darfur, Sudan, to raise awareness on the need to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers by armed forces and groups across the region.
African Union-UN mission launches campaign in west Darfur against use of child soldiers
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Most countries lack adequate laws to protect and promote breastfeeding – UN
Laws to protect breastfeeding against the growing multi-billion-dollar breast-milk substitute business are inadequate in most countries, exposing small children to a greater risk of childhood diseases, according to a United Nations report released today.
Most countries lack adequate laws to protect and promote breastfeeding – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Youth employment an ‘absolute priority’ in Latin America – UN labour chief
“Innovative solutions” with a concrete action plan are crucial to tackle youth employment challenge in Latin America, the Director-General of the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) told representatives at the 9th Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Labour, recently held in Colombia.
Youth employment an ‘absolute priority’ in Latin America – UN labour chief
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

On International Day, UN spotlights role of midwives in achieving development targets
Every year, some 300,000 women still die during pregnancy and childbirth and almost three million babies do not survive their first four weeks of life, yet a majority of these deaths could be averted by trained midwives, the United Nations said today as it marked the International Day of the Midwife with a call for strengthened skills and investments in midwifery.
On International Day, UN spotlights role of midwives in achieving development targets
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Nearly a quarter of the world’s school-age children live in crisis-hit countries – UNICEF
Almost one quarter of the world’s school-age children – 462 million – live in countries affected by humanitarian emergencies – a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners has revealed.

Nearly a quarter of the world’s school-age children live in crisis-hit countries – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population