Monthly Archives: July 2016

UNICEF urges new mothers to start breastfeeding within hour of birth, providing baby’s ‘first vaccine’
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that some 77 million of the world’s newborns – or 1 in 2 – are not breastfed within the first hour of birth, depriving them of essential nutrients and antibodies and thus exposing them to an increased risk of death.
UNICEF urges new mothers to start breastfeeding within hour of birth, providing baby’s ‘first vaccine’
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN agency concerned about India’s amended child labour bill, urges stronger legal framework
Voicing concern over the amended Child Labour Bill in India which could legitimize family work and further disadvantage children from poor families, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the removal of certain provisions and establishing a robust monitoring mechanism with a thorough list of hazardous occupations for a stronger child protection framework.
UN agency concerned about India’s amended child labour bill, urges stronger legal framework
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Gender equality, women's empowerment central to Colombian peace process – UN officials
Two senior United Nations officials today underscored that the centrality of women to the Colombian peace process, as shown by the &#39historic commitment&#39 by the Government and Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People&#39s Army (FARC-EP) at the Havana Peace Talks Table, must be reinforced in the final agreement and, more importantly, during the implementation phase.
Gender equality, women's empowerment central to Colombian peace process – UN officials
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Recent attacks on hospitals in Aleppo 'can amount to war crimes' – UNICEF
The United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) reiterated today that attacks on health facilities are a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and can amount to war crimes, in response to the recent airstrikes on four hospitals and a blood bank in eastern Aleppo city in Syria.
Recent attacks on hospitals in Aleppo 'can amount to war crimes' – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Somalia: UN envoy calls for better protection of children affected by armed conflict
Concluding a six-day visit to Somalia, a United Nations child rights envoy has called for better protection of children caught up in armed conflict, urging the country&#39s authorities to treat former child soldiers as victims in need of protection rather than as criminals.
Somalia: UN envoy calls for better protection of children affected by armed conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Syria: After week of ‘horrific’ incidents, UNICEF calls for immediate end to all violence against children
In a week marked by the brutal on-camera murder of a 12-year-old boy in Aleppo and the killing of more than 20 children killed during air strikes in Manbij, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for an immediate end to all forms of violence against children in Syria and urged all parties to the conflict there to make every effort to avoid the loss of civilian lives.
Syria: After week of ‘horrific’ incidents, UNICEF calls for immediate end to all violence against children
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UNICEF calls for urgent action to protect girls, women from sexual violence
A key adviser to the United Nations children’s agency today decried the culture of impunity surrounding sexual violence against women and girls around the world, following a recent case of gang rape in India.
UNICEF calls for urgent action to protect girls, women from sexual violence
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Children starving in parts of Nigeria held by Boko Haram, UN children’s agency warns
About a quarter of a million children in Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, are suffering from severe malnutrition, the United Nations children’s agency today announced. Of those, about one in five will die if they do not receive treatment.
Children starving in parts of Nigeria held by Boko Haram, UN children’s agency warns
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Adolescents are dying of AIDS at an alarming rate, UN agency warns
An average of 29 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 are infected with HIV every hour, according to the United Nations Children&#39s Fund, which is calling for a redoubling of prevention and treatment efforts.

Adolescents are dying of AIDS at an alarming rate, UN agency warns
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

South Sudan: UN agency urges stability ahead of planting season to thwart food insecurity
Millions of people facing hunger in South Sudan will be driven to the brink of catastrophe if renewed flashes of violence derail the fragile peace process, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, warning that the human costs of recent fighting in Juba will be compounded by deepening hunger across the entire country if peace does not hold.
South Sudan: UN agency urges stability ahead of planting season to thwart food insecurity
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population