Half the world, only a quarter of the news: Women appear or are heard in just 26 per cent of all broadcast, radio and print clips.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Press Release )Thirty years after governments pledged transformative change for women through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.
TICAD9 Concludes in Yokohama with Bold Commitments to Africa’s Leadership in Global Solutions
Stories & Blogs UNDP - Africa (Press Release )“AI must stand for Africa Included.” With this powerful message, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened TICAD9
From pledges to action: The Second International Decade for People of African Descent
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Story )“People of colour, people of African descent, marginalised communities, Indigenous communities […] we have to advocate in the best way that we possibly can for justice, human rights, equal opportunity,” said Emelda Davis
UNHCR’s Grandi calls for urgent international support to help refugees returning home in DR Congo and Rwanda.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urging greater international support for peace in the region and humanitarian efforts so that refugees
IFAD President: "Rural youth need investment to build their own future" – Africa Food Systems Forum.
Stories & Blogs IFAD (Press Release )International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is stressing that investing in rural development and transforming food systems is essential to ending hunger, reducing poverty, and building long-term resilience to any type of shocks.
Cameroon: Restrictions on civic space risk undermining presidential election, Türk warns
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead up to the presidential election in October raise fears about whether voters can freely express their will, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today.
Urgent push needed to achieve reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent – UN report
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )The UN Human Rights Office today published a report calling on States and others to double down on delivering reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent, including through formal apologies, truth-seeking, memorialisation, medical and ps
Statement on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General by Mr. Claver Gatete at the Africa Food Systems Forum Annual Summit.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )Africa holds more than 60% of the world’s arable land and has the potential to build a US$1 trillion agri-food industry by 2030.
Diene Keita appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Press Release )Ms. Diene Keita was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
Mali: Türk deplores indefinite suspension of elections, deepening crackdown on civil society.
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation in Mali, amid deepening democratic reversals, rising insecurity and a crackdown on civil society.