Tag: the United Nations
From the field: Women guardians of the environment
Women from around the world are being given a more prominent role in the fight against climate change, thanks to the efforts of the UN…
UN chief announces major push to transform harmful food systems
The UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems on Monday – coinciding with the start of World…
Intersex surgery ‘abuses’ condemned by 34 states at U.N. rights forum
More than 30 countries on Thursday condemned “medically unnecessary surgeries” on intersex children as a human rights violation, amid mounting efforts to ban such operations….
Beat back ‘catastrophic effects’ of COVID-19 on refugee education, urges UNHCR
UNHCR report, Coming Together for Refugee Education, released on Thursday, predicts that unless the international community takes immediate and bold steps against the catastrophic effects…
Coronavirus and schools: Access to handwashing facilities key for safe reopening
Nearly 820 million children worldwide do not have basic handwashing facilities at school, putting them at increased risk of COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases, according…
Deaths of children in northeast Syria ‘could have been averted’: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed “deep alarm” over reports that eight children – all under the age of five – have died in…
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