How can gender equality reduce poverty?
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Story )https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/explainer/2024/02/how-can-gender-equality-reduce-poverty
Public health emergencies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Story )Current cholera outbreaks in the region are severely affecting vulnerable children and communities
Mali conflict carries heavy toll for pregnant women amid rising insecurity
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (News )“Many women come here to give birth as a last resort,” said Kadiatou Karembé, a midwife. “Sometimes they spend the night on the road because of insecurity, even though their situation is urgent.”
Investing in equality: How young women are innovating to improve their health, rights and lives
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (News )Our journey so far in empowering young women to take charge of their health, has been nothing short of amazing,” said 26-year-old Chioma Uzoma from Nigeria.
Sudan’s war risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, warns WFP Chief
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )JUBA – Sudan’s war has shattered millions of lives and created the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Launch of the 2024 Survey of Formal Education
Stories & Blogs UNESCO (News )The survey is sent to 163 UNESCO Member States and territories and comprises four questionnaires from which twenty-one SDG 4 global and thematic indicators are produced
In northern Mozambique, people flee new attacks while others return home
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Story )Amidst renewed violence and displacement, more funding is urgently needed to improve conditions for those forced to flee, and for those returning home.
UN chief calls for global action to defend women’s rights amid disturbing trends
Stories & Blogs UN (News )The UN Secretary-General highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women and a growing digital gender divide.
Invest in women and girls’ education and health rights to end AIDS in Africa
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Story )Despite substantial declines in new HIV infections globally, the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to disproportionately impact adolescent girls and young women in many countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa formally accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade and Industry, presented South Africa’s instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the closing session of the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13)