• Gambia Reaffirms Commitments to Gender Equality, Protecting Women, Girls

    Gambia Reaffirms Commitment to Gender Equality, Protecting Women, Girls

    Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director, Natalia Kanem, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. BANJUL/GENEVA/NEW YORK: Following the vote today by the National Assembly of The Gambia, we commend...
  • Of Interminable Hope Amidst the Cataclysms of Human Suffering

    Of Interminable Hope Amidst the Cataclysms of Human Suffering

    Publisher: Haus Publishing Details to buy the books below My Palestine, An Impossible Exile written by Mohammad Tarbush is a raw, evocative, and intimate piece of writing not just about the cataclysms of human suffering, but the debilitating conditions of humanity. And, in the midst of personal and national...
  • From Rubble to Resilience: What Gaza Teaches Us on World Refugee Day

    From Rubble to Resilience: What Gaza Teaches Us on World Refugee Day

    On World Refugee Day, let’s shift our perspective. Rather than focusing solely on what we can provide to refugees, let us acknowledge the depth and immensity of the life lessons we can learn from their resilience, strength and their human spirit. As I share this observation, there are over...
  • My Palestine: An Impossible Exile Memorializes Political, Historical Developments For Peace Sake

    My Palestine, An Impossible Exile is an intimately written memoir by Mohammad Tarbush, which combines political and economic commentary with personal and national history. On May 23rd, 2024, the book was launched by Haus Publishing (London). It will be released and distributed in the US by the University of...
  • Palestinian women-led orgs must be at forefront in Gaza, West Bank humanitarian response

    Palestinian women-led organisations must be at forefront in Gaza, West Bank humanitarian response

    Cairo / New York: UN Women’s latest Gender Alert on the war on Gaza reveals the staggering challenges Palestinian women-led organizations face, highlights their unwavering commitment to save lives, and calls for urgent, coordinated investments in their operations on the ground. Women-led organizations are operating in some of the most dangerous...
  • The World Continues to Fail Children of Gaza, Sudan

    The World Continues to Fail Children of Gaza, Sudan

    Consistently worsening conditions in regions of conflict, siege and oppression, Palestine and Sudan, have opened flood gates of malnutrition, disease and death targeting entire generations of children. Over 450 million children – nearly one in five – live in or have fled a conflict zone. With areas universally considered...
  • If I were to talk about it for the next 100 years, I cannot describe the fear we live in

    If I were to talk about it for the next 100 years, I cannot describe the fear we live in

    New UN Women survey data from Rafah highlights the depth of physical and mental despair, with 93 per cent of women interviewed feeling unsafe and over half reporting medical conditions requiring urgent attention. With any Israeli ground invasion, these number will soar.    New York: With the population of...
  • AnankeWLF2024 Partners Mobilize Impact By Enabling a Collective Space

    AnankeWLF2024 Partners Mobilize Impact By Enabling a Collective Space

    On April 23rd, 2024, the fourth edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival will celebrate and showcase how collective efforts enable positive narratives, mobilize change through dialogue and engagement. Happening in the month of World Book Day, the three-day event strives to create a space, a collective, where diverse...
  • AnankeWLF2024 unveils Panel on Poetry And Process

    AnankeWLF2024 unveils Panel on Poetry And Process

    The fourth edition of Ananke’s Women In Literature Festival unveils an enticing panel on poetry. Slated to be held on the second day of the event – April 24th, 2024 – at 5.10 PM UAE and 01:10 PM GMT, distinguished panelists include: Hiba Heba, Sascha Akhtar, Shikha Malaviya and...
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