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Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN
Fundamentalist leadership has already imposed bans on women accessing higher education, working for NGOs, and accessing many public spaces. Geneva…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women
Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, strongly condemned recent Taliban…
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News
For first time, women represented in all parliaments of the world
Global organization of national parliaments releases its latest report ‘Women in Parliament 2022’ Geneva The IPU, global organization of national…
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Spain enacts new feminist laws
Independent UN Experts describe the new laws as a ‘Fundamental Feminist Achievement’ Geneva Independent UN experts on Tuesday welcomed…
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Child Rights
Eight trends that will impact children in 2023
The report, “Prospects for Children in 2023: A Global Outlook”, also looks at a range of other significant areas Geneva…
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Human Rights
Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities
According to new global prevalence estimates for significant disability, 1.3 billion persons are with significant disability. Geneva Persons with disabilities…
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Civic Issues
UN’s game plan for ‘Sanitation for All’
Through the Game Plan to Reach Safety Managed Sanitation 2022-2030, UNICEF will support 1 billion people gain access to safely…
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Human Rights
Like racism and sexism, ‘povertyism’ should be illegal – UN rights expert
People are stereotyped and discriminated against purely because they are poor. This is frankly sickening and a stain on our…
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Floods
Over 540,000 malaria cases reported in flood-hit Pakistan – WHO
Dr. Richard Brennan, WHO Regional Emergency Director, says that the catastrophe has pushed the country to the brink and that…
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Human Rights
Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, tantamount to ‘settler-colonialism’: UN expert
The international community’s political, humanitarian, and economic approach towards resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict, have failed without exception, the report notes. …
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