Inclusive, responsible AI needs women front and centre
Stories & Blogs ITUJul 05, 2024(Story )The artificial intelligence (AI) industry needs diverse women’s perspectives to improve the design and application of the latest technologies, say digital experts concerned about AI deepening the gender divide.
Supporting the Education and Health of Young Mothers in Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNESCOJul 03, 2024(Article )Joint statement by Etleva Kadilli, UNICEF Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, Nisha, UNESCO Regional Director for Southern Africa, and Alexandros K Makarigakis, UNESCO Regional Director for East Africa.
Special Rapporteur urges global action to recognise and combat prostitution as a system of violence against women and girls
Stories & Blogs OHCHRJun 21, 2024(Press Release )Prostitution must be urgently recognised as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, said
UN Gender Data Gap
Stories & Blogs UNSTATSJun 21, 2024(News )The UN Gender Data Hub has recently gone through its yearly comprehensive update that includes the latest data and metadata.
IOM and Cisco Provide Digital Skills to Displaced Persons and Communities in Northeast Nigeria
Stories & Blogs IOMJun 19, 2024(News )The programme is expected to launch at three pilot schools in Borno State, where more than 2.3 million people are currently displaced.
Q&A: What you need to know about ‘the price of inaction’ in education
Stories & Blogs UNESCOJun 17, 2024(News )First global report to illustrate the monetary costs to economies around the world of leaving children and youth behind in education.
Empowering Congolese women by integrating them into the bioethanol value chain
Stories & Blogs UNIDOJun 14, 2024(News )UNIDO and Japan have provided trainings in the production of bioethanol from sugarcane for medical use, group savings and loans, and entrepreneurship development to 300 vulnerable women in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
UNAIDS urges sub-Saharan African countries and global partners to ensure children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment and to stop new infections
Stories & Blogs UNAIDSJun 14, 2024(Press Release )The latest data show that only 56% of children living with HIV were on life-saving antiretroviral therapy in 2022 in sub-Saharan Africa compared to 83% of adults globally.
Launch of the 2024 Survey of Research and Development (R&D) Statistics for SDG 9.5.
Stories & Blogs UNESCOJun 13, 2024(News )The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) launch the 2024 Survey of Research and Development (R&D) Statistics. This survey collects data to support the global monitoring of SDG Target 9.5.
Turning cotton to clothes could create 500,000 jobs in West Africa
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 11, 2024(Update )West Africa’s five biggest producers mostly export raw cotton that’s processed elsewhere. A new study shows that by building local industry to turn cotton into cloth and clothing, the countries could create 500,000 jobs.