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- United Nations
- 4 min read
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Op-ed: Where crises multiply risks, women multiply solutions The Sustainable Development Goals recognize that gender equality is integral to our collective global progress. While there is one standalone goal — Goal 5 — on gender equality and the empowerment of women, the truth is that without gender equality none of the goals will be attainable. It is a precondition for global progress, as well as a vital ingredient in our ability to respond effectively to crises and development...
- United Nations
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UN Women joins young women and girls globally who are putting a spotlight on access and safety in the digital world. We are inspired by young activists such as 18-year-old Ana Vizitiv from the Republic of Moldova, whose work promotes gender equality in ICT and STEM, and by role model and entrepreneur 20-year-old Yordanos Genanaw from Ethiopia, who participated in the African Girls Can Code initiative and is now developing a website and coaching others. These young women are using their...
- United Nations
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Originally published on news.un.org Discussing gender equality in Jordan can lead to difficult conversations, as Balqees Shahin, a volunteer for the UN Women gender equality campaign HeforShe, has discovered. Shahin breaks down how online games can help young people to address gender issues. Levelling the gender playing field in Jordan Balqees Shahin is a volunteer with HeforShe in Jordan, by HeForShe “I was brought up by a single mother, who lost her husband when she was just 28...
- United Nations
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The UN published promising news in the global fight for gender equality and opportunity on Wednesday, showing that when it comes to mathematics, girls are now performing as strongly as boys in the classroom – although there are plenty of barriers holding them back. The finding, from the UN agency UNESCO, followed analysis of primary and secondary education in 120 countries. Although boys perform better than girls in the subject in the early years, this gender gap disappears in secondary...
- United Nations
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Eleven mainly European countries have now reported salmonella food poisoning, linked to popular “Kinder” chocolate products produced in Belgium, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that there have been more than 150 suspected cases of salmonellosis – from Belgium to the US – after United Kingdom regulators flagged a cluster of Salmonella (S.) Typhimurium cases a month ago, leading to a global recall. Children under 10...
- United Nations
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An Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to halt the spread of a deadly new outbreak in the country, where the disease is endemic. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that people have now been inoculated in Mbandaka, the capital city of Equateur Province west. It follows the deaths of two people from Ebola since 21 April. More than 230 contacts of the deceased have been identified and monitored and three vaccination...
- United Nations
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Selected among 142 entries from 63 countries, the top three winners come from Syria, Ghana, and China, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) winners sent the message globally that young people are stepping up to innovation challenges, using their energy and creativity to steer a course towards a better future. Smart devices, rice threshers and pictograms Twenty-five-year-old Hekma Jabouli from Syria won the first prize with her short film showing a home-made smart device...
- United Nations
- 3 min read
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Against the backdrop of shifting population demographics, conflicts, post-pandemic shocks and climate change, the developing world is on the brink of a “perfect storm” of debt, food and energy crises, experts warned the Commission on Population and Development on Monday. While sounding the alarm over the planet’s unequal COVID-19 recovery and notable reductions in public spending for youth, older people and other vulnerable populations, officials from across the UN system stressed that...
- United Nations
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Gathered in the UN General Assembly Hall for the first time in three years, indigenous representatives were welcomed in a traditional ceremony led by Katsenhaienton Lazare of the Bear Clan, Mohawk of the Haudenosaunee, who acknowledged nature in its great diversity – the winds, thunders, lightening, sun and other life forces – which give purpose and protection to humankind, and summoned generations of traditional ancestors who still have much to offer today’s societies. The invocation...
- United Nations
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The global economy is under severe stress and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in “need of urgent rescue”, the deputy UN chief told the Financing for Development Forum on Monday. “Financing for developing is an essential part of the solution,” Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on behalf of the UN chief, adding that so far, the global response has fallen far short. For this reason, the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance was established to...