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New report exposes pervasive gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems, despite women powering half the agrifood workforce.

Stories & Blogs FAOSep 02, 2025(News )

In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately three out of four working women (76 percent) are employed in agrifood systems, and women make up 49 percent of the agrifood systems workforce.

Low-income countries hit hardest by global food price inflation.

Stories & Blogs FAOJul 22, 2025(News )

Special Event in New York explores the causes, consequences and solutions to the 2021-2023 food price inflation.

Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response

Stories & Blogs UNICEFMar 14, 2025(Press Release )

Children face killings, recruitment by armed groups, and sexual violence as conflict cripples schools, health services, and access to clean water.

One woman is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partners or other family members  

Stories & Blogs UNODCNov 25, 2024(Press Release )

The latest report on femicides reveals that 60 per cent of all female homicides are committed by intimate partners or other family members

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

Stories & Blogs UNICEFAug 28, 2023(Press Release )

In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.