Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing reports of an “alarming spike” in kidnapping and other crimes. According to UNICEF, nearly 300 confirmed cases were reported in the first six months […]
Ms. Mohammed on Friday August 4, 2023 wrapped up a week of development-focused meetings with Government officials in the vast South American country with a stop in Belém, capital of the northern state of Pará, gateway to Brazil’s lower Amazon region. During roundtable discussions about the future of the Amazon region with representatives of civil […]
The UN launched on Friday August 4, 2023 a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good. The brief recognizes that education faces both a crisis of access as well as a crisis of quality […]
Rwanda joined the rest of the continent on July 31, to mark the Africa Women’s Day that is aligned with the Maputo Protocol, which is officially known as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. It is an international human rights instrument designed by […]
KIGALI, Aug 1 2023 (IPS) – When providing education to her small group of Afghan girls, who had been studying at a boarding school back home, became tenuous, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, relocated them to Rwanda. She had set up a pioneering school under the project SOLA, the Afghan word for peace, and a short form for […]
UN, Donors Should Scale-Up Support in Sudan, Neighboring Chad Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living in the same small town in West Darfur. Now they share a darker bond: both survivors of sexual violence in the conflict in Sudan. Human Rights Watch researchers spoke with the cousins in eastern […]
The Togolese authorities must urgently strengthen access to maternal healthcare in the country and reduce infant and neonatal mortality, Amnesty International said today to mark African Women’s Day. Togo has an infant mortality rate of 43 deaths per 1000 live births and a neonatal mortality rate, which refers to newborns dying before reaching 28 days […]
United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasizing the need for greater breastfeeding support across all workplaces. In the last decade, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding has increased by a remarkable 10 percentage points, to 48 per cent globally, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). […]
31 July 2023 This 31st of July 2023 marks the Pan-African Women’s Day, a celebration and an ode to the Foremothers of the Continent as well as the beautiful women of Africa, who work tirelessly to improve their own lives and the lives of others. The day marks 61 years since the formation of the […]
The 2023 Women’s World Cup tournament begins this week to great fanfare and broadcasting revenues estimated at close to $200 million. This is great news for the sport’s global governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)— but not so great for the women players on the field. As a flagship event in women’s sport, the […]
