Sustainability
Coronavirus update: Countries urged to fight ‘controllable’ pandemic
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking during his regular update on the new coronavirus disease, one day after the new designation was announced. “Let me be clear:...
Climate change: educating students to fight the crisis
A UN programme for schools is looking to make education a central part of the international response to climate change,...
FROM THE FIELD: Going the extra mile with vaccines
© UNICEF/Lana Slezic | Najeeba Ahmadjan travels uphill on a donkey to reach vaccination sites at remote villages in Faizabad,...
Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere
The report, The WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019, which is led by the UN...
Coronavirus update: COVID-19 likely to cost economy $1 trillion during 2020, says UN trade agency
“We envisage a slowdown in the global economy to under two per cent for this year, and that will probably...
Rising number of young people excluded from jobs, education and training
And young women are more than twice as likely as their male counterparts to be affected. Increasing automation, a narrow...
Report reveals nearly 90 per cent of all people have ‘a deeply ingrained bias’ against women
The first UNDP Gender Social Norms Index analyzed data from 75 countries, which are collectively home to more than 80 per...
Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS
In a report launched on Thursday, UNAIDS noted that almost 40 years into the fight, AIDS is still the leading...
DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response
They described the situation in the DRC as one of the most complex and long-standing humanitarian crises on the continent. ...
International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone
As a “massive year for gender equality”, Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said 2020 was all about “Generation Equality”, in which...
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