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International Women’s Day was observed in Somalia’s regional capitals today as the world paid tribute to women and the role they play in society. In Jubbaland state, festivities were held in the port city of Kismaayo and…
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By Philippe Lazzarini Today we celebrate international women´s day, a day that was first observed in 1909, and has since grown in importance and scope. While the early calls for women´s rights to vote have been heard, the day…
Jihann Shaheen, a UNIFIL Lebanese civilian peacekeeper and UNIFIL Environmental Officer, outside the solar panels in UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon.
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Pliers, wrenches, screws, tires, jacks and other mechanical tools line the walls of the room. A queue of armoured personnel carriers (APCs), heavy vehicles and cars is building outside the metal-roofed structure, waiting for…
08 March 2017 - The United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA, has enhanced its midwifery education program, designed to increase the number of women attended to by qualified health personnel particularly midwives in South Sudan…
A main concern for United Nations Peacekeeping over the years has been combating and preventing sexual exploitation and abuse in our field missions. Along with education and training, transparent and easy access to…
Wau, South Sudan - Girls caught in conflict with the law in Wau will soon no longer have to face the double sentence of sharing prison space with adult inmates, after ground was broken for a female wing at the Wau juvenile…
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan celebrates International Women’s Day today, which in 2017 is being marked globally under the theme of “Women in the Changing World of Work.” With this day, the UN is making a…
NEW YORK - Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed. Empowering women and…
An art piece by South Sudanese artist Abul Oyay Deng
08 March 2017 - A young female South Sudanese is using paint to create vivid images that picture the plight of the elderly women in the South Sudanese communities she grew up in. “If you look at all the wrinkles that she has…
08 March 2016 - “As they grow up, girls must be exposed to a broad range of careers,” says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on International Women’s Day celebrated across the world today. The theme for…
Good afternoon. President of the Security Council briefed you I was not there when he did but from what I understand on the main conclusion and outcomes of the Geneva 4th round of talks and I will be doing my own comments on…
For Arabic version click here . Mr. President, 1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council following the fourth round of intra- Syrian talks that concluded in Geneva last Friday, 3 March 2017. I will be…