Monthly Archives: February 2017

Migrating children and women, suffer ‘sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and detention’ – UN agency

Migrating children and women, suffer ‘sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and detention’ – UN agency
A senior United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official is calling the routes from sub-Saharan Africa into Libya and across the sea to Europe one of the “world’s deadliest and most dangerous for children and women,” as the agency reported that nearly half of the women and children interviewed after making the voyage were raped.
Migrating children and women, suffer ‘sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and detention’ – UN agency
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

'We cannot give up the fight' to end child recruitment, says UNICEF chief

'We cannot give up the fight' to end child recruitment, says UNICEF chief
Even though over the past 10 years, more than 65,000 children have been released from armed forces and armed groups, tens of thousands of boys and girls under the age of 18 continue to be used in conflicts around the world, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) said today.
'We cannot give up the fight' to end child recruitment, says UNICEF chief
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Open Meeting: February 23, 2017

The Importance of Fathers in the Family

 

 

1:15-2:45PM, Thursday, February 23

Hardin Room (11th Floor), Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza

 

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Dr. Anderson J. Franklin, Professor of Psychology and Education, Boston College, author of “From Brotherhood to Manhood” will speak on:

“Family and Fatherhood: Global Challenges and Need for Intervention Strategies”

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Robert Moore, Director of Seedco’s programs, “Strong Fathers, Stronger Families”, “Work and Family Supports” and “Workforce” will speak on:

“Strong Fathers, Stronger Families: Finding Simplicity in Complexity”Hand in Hand: Parental Rights and Responsibilities in Their Child’s Education

One million Ukrainian children now need aid as number doubles over past year – UNICEF

One million Ukrainian children now need aid as number doubles over past year – UNICEF
As the volatile conflict in eastern Ukraine enters its fourth year, one million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance &#8211 nearly double the number this time last year, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
One million Ukrainian children now need aid as number doubles over past year – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

INTERVIEW: Governments should think twice before putting children in detention – UN expert Manfred Nowak

INTERVIEW: Governments should think twice before putting children in detention – UN expert Manfred Nowak
Despite progress in the realization of children’s rights, as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which entered into force on 2 September 1990, too many commitments remain unfulfilled. This is particularly true for children deprived of liberty, who often remain invisible and forgotten.
INTERVIEW: Governments should think twice before putting children in detention – UN expert Manfred Nowak
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

PODCAST: The power of bearing witness – how rape became an ‘act of genocide’

PODCAST: The power of bearing witness – how rape became an ‘act of genocide’
Shame and stigma prevent many rape survivors in conflict zones from reporting the horrific abuses they endure at the hands of war but the criminals whose sole aim in carrying out these horrific deeds is to torture and humiliate their enemy.

Yet the courageous testimonies of women who survived rape during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda provided the evidence required for a United Nations war crimes tribunal to find Jean-Paul Akayesu guilty, four years after the shocking conflagration, marking the first judgment for the crime of genocide under international law.


PODCAST: The power of bearing witness – how rape became an ‘act of genocide’
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Nine countries join UN-supported network to halve maternal, newborn deaths in clinics

Nine countries join UN-supported network to halve maternal, newborn deaths in clinics
A health network is being created, with support of United Nations agencies, in nine countries &#8211 Bangladesh, Cote d&#39Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda &#8211 whose Governments have pledged to halve maternal and newborn deaths in health facilities by 2022.
Nine countries join UN-supported network to halve maternal, newborn deaths in clinics
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

'The world needs science and science needs women,' UN says on International Day

'The world needs science and science needs women,' UN says on International Day
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged greater investments in teaching science, technology, engineering and math to all women and girls as well as equal access to these opportunities.
'The world needs science and science needs women,' UN says on International Day
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

INTERVIEW: ‘It’s time to work with young people, not just for young people,’ – outgoing UN Youth Envoy

INTERVIEW: ‘It’s time to work with young people, not just for young people,’ – outgoing UN Youth Envoy
In his second term in office, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon established the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, subsequently appointing Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi of Jordan as his first-ever Envoy on Youth – the youngest senior official in the history of the Organization.
INTERVIEW: ‘It’s time to work with young people, not just for young people,’ – outgoing UN Youth Envoy
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN commemorates 20 years of protecting children in armed conflicts

UN commemorates 20 years of protecting children in armed conflicts
Top officials from the United Nations and the international community today applauded two decades of efforts to protect children from the scourge of war by marking the 20th anniversary of General Assembly resolution 51/77 (1997) on promotion and protection of the rights of children.
UN commemorates 20 years of protecting children in armed conflicts
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population