UN envoy on conflict-related sexual violence reports on visits to Iraq and Sudan
A senior United Nations official has stressed the need to ensure survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Iraq are fully protected and that perpetrators are brought to justice.
UN envoy on conflict-related sexual violence reports on visits to Iraq and Sudan
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
On International Women’s Day, UN celebrates the power of activism to bring change for ‘sisterhood of humanity’
The drumbeat for women’s rights and empowerment reached a crescendo on Thursday as the United Nations celebrated International Women’s Day with a number of powerful events, where global activists joined top UN officials calling for the recent momentum generated by grassroots movements against discrimination and harassment to tip the scales towards lasting change.
On International Women’s Day, UN celebrates the power of activism to bring change for ‘sisterhood of humanity’
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
New communications technologies essential to empower poor rural women – UN
To mark International Women’s Day, the three United Nations Rome-based agencies are spotlighting the role new innovations in information and communications technologies (ICTs) can play in expanding opportunities for rural women, who often find themselves “on the wrong side of the digital divide.”
New communications technologies essential to empower poor rural women – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
International Women’s Day: The ‘time is now’ to transform global push for women’s rights into action – UN
This year, International Women’s Day comes at a pivotal moment, and with a wave women’s activism – from the #MeToo movement to #TimesUp and beyond – exposing the structures that have allowed women’s oppression to flourish, the United Nations is urging the world to stand with rural and urban women activists to topple the remaining barriers to gender equality and empowerment.
International Women’s Day: The ‘time is now’ to transform global push for women’s rights into action – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Without firm action on gender equality, women’s empowerment, world may miss development targets
Without speedy progress on gender equality and real action to end pervasive discrimination against women and girls, the global community will not be able to keep the promise to ‘leave no one behind’ on the road to ending poverty, protecting the planet and advancing prosperity by 2030, according to a new United Nations report launched on Wednesday.
Without firm action on gender equality, women’s empowerment, world may miss development targets
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Around four million Iraqi children in need says UNICEF, ahead of investment conference in Kuwait
Nearly a quarter of all Iraqi children are living in poverty, and in the wake of more than four years of violence, families are being pushed to “extreme measures” in order to survive, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday, as a major conference on rebuilding the country was set to open tomorrow in neighbouring Kuwait.
Around four million Iraqi children in need says UNICEF, ahead of investment conference in Kuwait
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
More than 5,000 child soldiers released in 2017, but tens of thousands still being used in conflict – UN
The global commitment to end the use of children in armed conflict led to the release and reintegration of more than 5,000 children in 2017, but tens of thousands of boys and girls are still being recruited, kidnapped, and forced to fight or work for military groups or armed forces at “alarming rates,” according to the United Nations.
More than 5,000 child soldiers released in 2017, but tens of thousands still being used in conflict – UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, UN calls for smashing stereotypes
It is time to support and invest in women and girls who want to pursue careers in scientific research, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed annually on 11 February.
Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, UN calls for smashing stereotypes
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, UN calls for smashing stereotypes
It is time to support and invest in women and girls who want to pursue careers in scientific research, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed annually on 11 February.
Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, UN calls for smashing stereotypes
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Syria: Life 'living nightmare' for children in East Ghouta, UNICEF chief warns
Following reports that dozens of children have been killed in violence this week alone in Syria, a senior United Nations official on Friday stressed the need for unconditional evacuations of sick and wounded children from East Ghouta and other sieged areas.
Syria: Life 'living nightmare' for children in East Ghouta, UNICEF chief warns
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population