First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria
A young Syrian woman has told the United Nations how poetry helped...
First Person: Women peacekeepers a ‘powerful image for girls in remote villages’
Deputy Inspector Martina de Maria Sandoval Linares, from El Salvador always wanted...
Urgent funding needed for Mozambique, facing ‘triple threat’ of climate change, conflict and COVID-19
Two years after Tropical Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth swept through Mozambique...
FROM THE FIELD: Avoiding unintended pregnancies in cash-strapped Malawi
In Malawi, as in many countries across the world, funds meant for...
New report details indigenous struggle for land rights
Although the world’s indigenous peoples live in areas that contain around 80...
UN chief calls for ‘unconditional release’ of abducted students in Nigeria
The UN chief on Friday, has strongly condemned the latest mass kidnapping...
FROM THE FIELD: Syria statistics tell tragic tale of decade-long conflict
Ten numbers for each year of Syria’s seemingly interminable conflict: the UN’s...
World’s crime fighters push back against COVID-19’s ‘divisions and inequalities’
The world’s largest crime prevention and criminal justice gathering wrapped up on...
Latest session of UN women’s commission focuses on equality in public life
Setting a global roadmap for achieving full equality at decision-making tables is...
WHO backs AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid clotting concerns; green lights Johnson & Johnson shots
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was...
