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Global progress on social justice slowed by persistent inequalities, new ILO report warns.

Stories & Blogs ILOSep 23, 2025(News )

New assessment shows advances in poverty reduction, education and productivity, but progress has stalled in recent years, leaving deep inequalities and eroding trust in institutions.

Ahead of UNGA, global experts investigate how inequalities are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics

Stories & Blogs UNAIDSSep 22, 2025(Story )

In advance of the UN General Assembly High-Level Meetings, a group of experts met to review how inequality gaps within and between countries are impacting global health security.

FATF, Egmont Group, INTERPOL and UNODC call for stronger cooperation between countries as they launch handbook to fight money laundering.

Stories & Blogs UNODCSep 05, 2025(News )

Money laundering almost always crosses borders, and criminals exploit gaps between national legal systems to hide their activities and avoid punishment.

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence.

Stories & Blogs UNSep 05, 2025(News )

Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as sweeping funding cuts bite, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday.

From pledges to action: The Second International Decade for People of African Descent

Stories & Blogs OHCHRAug 29, 2025(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

‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher

Stories & Blogs UNAug 13, 2025(Story )

UN human rights chief Volker Türk has expressed outrage over Monday’s deadly large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces militia on El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, which has been besieged by the RSF since April last year.

EU contribution boosts disaster preparedness efforts in Southern Africa

Stories & Blogs WFPAug 13, 2025(News )

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

IOM Names 2025 Cohort of Youth Leaders for Climate and Migration Initiatives in Africa

Stories & Blogs IOMAug 12, 2025(News )

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has officially announced the selection of 40 young changemakers from across Africa to accelerate youth-led action to address the impacts of climate change on migration across the continent.

From Poetry to Policy: RC Mohamed Fall and Maryam Bukar-Hassan on Culture, Youth, and Peace

Stories & Blogs UNSDGAug 12, 2025(Story )

In Nigeria, youth are in the driver’s seat when it comes to sustainable development and peace.

The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so does the will to heal

Stories & Blogs UNFPAAug 06, 2025(News )

In South Sudan, women and girls face the overlapping dangers of prolonged conflict, cattle raiding, displacement from climate shocks and harmful patriarchal traditions.