Sustainability
Women in Europe need ‘greater economic independence’ to avoid poverty: UN Special Rapporteur |
Olivier De Shutter recently conducted a two-month mission to the European Union, where women are more likely to fall into...
FROM THE FIELD: The women fighting for Generation Equality |
Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is trying to address the gender...
WHO calls for urgent action to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines for all |
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was speaking at the end of a historic week which...
‘They all died on the same day’: a Benin doctor on her fight against COVID-19 |
A doctor in Benin has been telling the UN about the challenging conversations she has had with the relatives of...
Environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’, must end, say UN human rights experts |
Originally dubbed “Plantation Country”, Cancer Alley, which is located in the southern state of Louisiana along the lower Mississippi River...
1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed: WHO |
To date, 18 Ebola cases have been reported in the West African nation (14 confirmed and four deaths); only 30,000...
UN report calls for scaling-up carbon capture, use and storage |
The net-zero emissions goal is crucial to limit global warming, as outlined in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and...
Mental health alert for 332 million children linked to COVID-19 lockdown policies: UNICEF |
Based on new research, it said on Thursday that more than 330 million youngsters have been stuck at home for at least...
Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns |
Produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partner organization WRAP, the Food Waste Index Report 2021 reveals that between...
Untreated hearing loss threatens nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide – WHO |
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day 2021 on Wednesday, says that in less than...
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