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JERUSALEM – The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial...
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New York City — UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare – leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty. Published ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on...
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DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau appealed today for international support to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria which is facing an influx of people fleeing the war in Lebanon. An estimated 260,000 people have crossed into Syria from Lebanon so far. WFP is...
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Fahima is a 22-year-old postgraduate zoology student from in Pakistan’s Chitral district near the Afghanistan border. For the past three years, Fahima has been suffering from the agony of trichiasis, a painful condition caused by trachoma which is the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness. For sufferers,...
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The Fred Hollows Foundation has welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) validation that Pakistan has eliminated the eye disease trachoma as a public health problem. The Foundation, with the support of the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth Heads of Government and the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP),...
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Nairobi/New York/Geneva: The conflict in Sudan has resulted in the largest internal displacement crisis in the world since the Syrian civil war in 2011. The conflict has had catastrophic impacts on women and girls, according to a Gender Alert published today by UN Women. The number of people in need of...
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Karachi, Pakistan: CaterpillHERs announces the launch of the sixth cohort of its highly successful Freelance Accelerator program, dedicated to empowering women across Pakistan to build sustainable, high-earning freelance careers. This 10-week, fully remote program provides women with the skills, confidence, and tools to succeed in the digital economy, offering...
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NEW YORK, USA: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to boost nutrition support for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition among thousands of mothers and young children in Somalia. Cindy McCain, WFP’s Executive Director and Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah,...
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New York City, USA: Since 2014, HeForShe has bolstered a global movement, engaging more than 2 million men and individuals of all genders in championing gender equality. This unique initiative, led by UN Women, has driven 3 billion conversations on topics ranging from closing the pay gap to combating violence...
JERUSALEM – The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial...
New York City — UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare – leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty. Published ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on...
DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau appealed today for international support to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria which is facing an influx of people fleeing the war in Lebanon. An estimated 260,000 people have crossed into Syria from Lebanon so far. WFP is...
Fahima is a 22-year-old postgraduate zoology student from in Pakistan’s Chitral district near the Afghanistan border. For the past three years, Fahima has been suffering from the agony of trichiasis, a painful condition caused by trachoma which is the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness. For sufferers,...
The Fred Hollows Foundation has welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) validation that Pakistan has eliminated the eye disease trachoma as a public health problem. The Foundation, with the support of the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth Heads of Government and the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP),...
Nairobi/New York/Geneva: The conflict in Sudan has resulted in the largest internal displacement crisis in the world since the Syrian civil war in 2011. The conflict has had catastrophic impacts on women and girls, according to a Gender Alert published today by UN Women. The number of people in need of...
Karachi, Pakistan: CaterpillHERs announces the launch of the sixth cohort of its highly successful Freelance Accelerator program, dedicated to empowering women across Pakistan to build sustainable, high-earning freelance careers. This 10-week, fully remote program provides women with the skills, confidence, and tools to succeed in the digital economy, offering...
NEW YORK, USA: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to boost nutrition support for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition among thousands of mothers and young children in Somalia. Cindy McCain, WFP’s Executive Director and Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah,...
New York City, USA: Since 2014, HeForShe has bolstered a global movement, engaging more than 2 million men and individuals of all genders in championing gender equality. This unique initiative, led by UN Women, has driven 3 billion conversations on topics ranging from closing the pay gap to combating violence...
