OCHA’s emergency response team ensures aid flows seamlessly in Mozambique
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Rains from neighbouring countries that drain their water to the ocean via Mozambique caused flooding that had swept across Mozambique’s Gaza Province.
No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (News )From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, women and girls remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of their rights persists worldwide, said UN Women today.
When justice fails: Why women can't get protection from AI deepfake abuse
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Article )What is deepfake abuse and why laws, platforms, and justice systems are failing women
UN Women calls for a strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to keep gender equality as a central pillar for climate action
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Media Advisory )UN Women is calling for the adoption of a transformative, well-funded, and accountable Gender Action Plan (GAP)
Briefing remarks on the situation of women and girls in Sudan
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Press briefing )From the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional DiUN call for the protection and prioritization of women and girls amid Sudan’s acute food insecurity.
Gabriel proves “disability is not inability” and strengthens efforts to make aid more accountable
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )“People often think it’s challenging to work with someone living with visual impairment. But once we start working together, they realize I have something valuable to offer,” said Longes Gabriel with a smile.
Global commitment to mercury reduction: UNEP's role in advancing the Minamata convention
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Speech )Mercury has served our industries, our medicines, even our mirrors — yet it has also poisoned rivers, silenced birds, and entered the blood of generations.
New climate pledges only slightly lower dangerous global warming projections
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Press Release )A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement finds that the predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century has only slightly fallen, leaving the world heading for a serious esca