From the Field: Literacy classes for Afghan girls and women
Afghanistan’s Logar province is one of the most conservative areas in the country. Even before…
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News in Brief 01 September 2023
Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants DR Congo: Concerns over use…
Haiti violence: ‘Carnage needs to stop’ says UN relief chief
Haiti is in the grip of “extreme brutality”, with gang-related violence continuing to force thousands…
Iran: Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts
A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over…
News in Brief 31 August 2023
Pervasive discrimination’ against people of African descent must stop: UN chief Refusal to waive intellectual…
Yemen: Alarming surge in measles and rubella cases, reports WHO
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued a stark warning on Thursday over rising cases…
Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: experts
UN rights experts called on States in the global North on Thursday to forgo intellectual property…
UN Women welcomes FIFA action against Spanish football federation chief
The UN agency championing gender equality has underlined its strong stance against abuse or harassment…
Hate speech ‘a trigger for racist acts against people of African descent’
As the world observes the International Day for People of African Descent on 31 August, progress…
News in Brief 30 August 2023
Enforced disappearance: Experts urge justice for victims and an end to impunity Sudan: Over 4.8…
Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19
Ukrainian children are showing signs of widespread learning loss as Russia’s invasion preceded by the…
UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme
A UN expert on torture has called on the UK Government to conduct an urgent…
Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent
Human rights experts on Wednesday urged the UN General Assembly to declare a second International…
Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances
UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance by condemning…
Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists
A group of UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico…
News in Brief 29 August 2023
Ukraine’s children fall behind in school as attacks on education rage on: UNICEF Niger spirals…
Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia
Criminal gangs in southeast Asia are using torture and abuse to force hundreds of thousands…
With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight: Tedros
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to…
New UN guidance on youth and climate change will make a ‘huge difference’
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued legal guidance on Monday outlining…
News in Brief 28 August 2023
‘End nuclear testing forever’: UN chief States must protect children’s right to a clean and…
Mali mission may be leaving, ‘but the UN is staying’ pledges MINUSMA chief
The UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has begun its gradual withdrawal from the country at…
Russia hits ‘new low’ with ban against discrediting army: Rights experts
A group of UN-appointed human rights experts expressed grave concern on Monday over Russia’s decision to…
Indonesian doctors act on tell-tale signs of family violence
Doctors on the Indonesian island of Central Sulawesi are putting into practice training they have…
Time to close the chapter of division and conflict in Libya: UN Mission chief
The top UN official in Libya has underscored the importance of inclusive and transparent elections…
109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit
Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown…
Niger: Growing food crisis pushes millions into severe food insecurity
Millions of people in Niger could fall further into severe food insecurity due to the…
News in Brief 25 August 2023
Sudan: hundreds of thousands of children risk starving to death: UN relief chief Pakistan…
News in Brief 24 August 2023
Climate adaptation, sustainable development funding ‘a matter of justice’: Guterres End impunity for Myanmar military’s…
More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF
The conflict in Sudan has uprooted more than two million children – an average of…
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Central African Republic: ‘Tensions and divisions’ eroding human rights
An independent UN expert expressed grave concern on Thursday over the human rights situation in the…
Six years on, still no justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya
UN human rights chief Volker Türk, on Thursday, reiterated the call for accountability and justice…
News in Brief 23 August 2023
‘End slavery’s legacy of racism’: UN chief Greece: Rights experts condemn “racist violence” against asylum-seekers…
Abolish ‘human exploitation’ once and for all, UNESCO chief urges
Commemorating the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on…
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Greece: Rights experts condemn ‘racist violence’ against asylum-seekers
Greece must adopt “safe and impartial” border policies and practices and hold its law enforcement…
News in Brief 22 August 2023
Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of officials DRC: Millions face hunger as funding…
UNFPA reveals winners of AccessAbility innovation challenge
Four organizations working with young people with disabilities are the winners of the first AccessAbility innovation…
Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of former officials
In Afghanistan, hundreds of former government officials and members of the armed forces have allegedly…
From Death Valley to the Swiss Alps, extreme weather records hit new heights
As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have “reached new heights”…
New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets
More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health…
Champion woman boxer knocks out hate in Central America
The term ‘fighter for peace’ takes on new meaning in the form of a five-time…
News in Brief 21 August 2023
UN chief honours survivors of terrorism working for peace Hurricane Hilary update: UN weather agency…
Stamp out hate speech, persecution based on faith: Guterres
Online hate is often a driver of violent physical attacks against religious minorities, said the…
Rights expert urges India to release detained activist
An independent UN human rights expert has called for India to release an activist imprisoned…
UN will stay and deliver critical services to people of Niger, UNICEF pledges
The UN is standing by the people of Niger as border closures increasingly impact the…
News in Brief 18 August 2023
Niger: Türk calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order Cape Verde: UN support activated after…
Parents of slain US high schooler appeal for more global action against gun violence
The parents of an American teenager killed in one of the nation’s worst school shootings…
DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected…
WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for donors to ramp up funding to…
First Person: ‘Immense psychological injuries’ following 2003 attack on UN Baghdad
A former member of staff of the World Food Programme (WFP) has been talking about…