Monthly Archives: July 2017

Wrapping up African trip, UN deputy chief vows to ensure displaced women return home in dignity

Wrapping up African trip, UN deputy chief vows to ensure displaced women return home in dignity
The United Nations deputy chief wrapped up her visit to two African countries – Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo– where today she stressed the importance of women&#39s participation in peace, security and development processes.
Wrapping up African trip, UN deputy chief vows to ensure displaced women return home in dignity
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Peace is the 'bedrock' for women's development and human rights UN deputy chief says in DR Congo

Peace is the 'bedrock' for women's development and human rights UN deputy chief says in DR Congo
The importance of reversing the tragedies of violence, particularly against women and children, and ensuring that women&#39s and girl&#39s voices are heard in all aspects of society are at the core of the second leg of a high-level United Nations-African Union (AU) mission to Africa, which today visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Peace is the 'bedrock' for women's development and human rights UN deputy chief says in DR Congo
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Majority of children fleeing to Europe just want to get away, UNICEF reports

Majority of children fleeing to Europe just want to get away, UNICEF reports
Facing violence and trauma in Libya and other countries, thousands of children decided to flee by themselves, seeking to get away but not necessarily aiming for Europe, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) today reported.
Majority of children fleeing to Europe just want to get away, UNICEF reports
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

'The time to act is now;' end children's suffering in Iraq and across the Middle East – UNICEF

'The time to act is now;' end children's suffering in Iraq and across the Middle East – UNICEF
Calling for &#8220immediate care and protection&#8221 for children caught up in violence in Iraq&#39s war torn Mosul and other Middle East conflicts, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) today warned that the lives and futures of some 27 million across the region and parts of Africa are at risk.
'The time to act is now;' end children's suffering in Iraq and across the Middle East – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

In Nigeria, UN deputy chief says 'messages of women' vital to sustainable peace, development

In Nigeria, UN deputy chief says 'messages of women' vital to sustainable peace, development
Urgent action is needed now towards the meaningful participation of women in peace processes, as well ensuring their voices are heard in all aspects of society, the United Nations deputy chief told reporters in Abuja today as part of a first-ever UN-African Union trip focused on women, peace and security.
In Nigeria, UN deputy chief says 'messages of women' vital to sustainable peace, development
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

VIDEO: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors sing to ban child marriage

VIDEO: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors sing to ban child marriage
Singer Angélique Kidjo and eight of Benin&#39s other music artists are urging parents to not marry off their young daughters in a new music video created by the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF).


VIDEO: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors sing to ban child marriage
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UNICEF names YouTube star Lilly Singh as goodwill envoy

UNICEF names YouTube star Lilly Singh as goodwill envoy
The United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Indian-origin Canadian YouTube star and actress Lilly Singh as its newest Goodwill Ambassador.
UNICEF names YouTube star Lilly Singh as goodwill envoy
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict urges protection of survivors released from ISIL-held Mosul

UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict urges protection of survivors released from ISIL-held Mosul
The United Nations official advocating against the use of sexual violence in conflict today urged all Iraqis to shun stigmatization, and called for women and girls returning from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) captivity to be embraced into their communities and supported, especially if they have children as a result of rape.
UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict urges protection of survivors released from ISIL-held Mosul
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Safe, effective family planning is key to 'empowering people, developing nations' – UN

Safe, effective family planning is key to 'empowering people, developing nations' – UN
If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, it would reduce an estimated 100,000 maternal death and avert 67 million unintended pregnancies, the United Nations population agency today said.
Safe, effective family planning is key to 'empowering people, developing nations' – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Five years into South Sudan's independence, children denied childhoods – UNICEF

Five years into South Sudan's independence, children denied childhoods – UNICEF
As South Sudan enters its sixth year of independence, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) is calling the situation in the country &#8220a catastrophe for children&#8221 and cautioned that they are being denied a childhood in nearly all aspects of their lives.
Five years into South Sudan's independence, children denied childhoods – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population