ECW Joins Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies: Global Community Urged to Orange the World and End Gender-Based Violence Now
Dec 09 (IPS) – The statistics are dire: One in three women have experienced a form of gender-based violence in their lifetime, be it...
Plastic Trash in the Ocean is a Global Problem, and the US is the Top Source
Dec 09 (IPS) – Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even...
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec 09 (IPS) – As a feminist activist and defender of women’s rights in Iraq, I would like to share with you...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which one...
UN Emergency Response Fund provides ‘spark of hope’ for shared humanity
Fast and flexible, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was set up to promote swift, coordinated action in humanitarian crises, the UN Emergency Relief...
Features of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, including the extent to which it will spread, and the sheer number of mutations, suggest that it could have a major impact on the course of...
Women, children and other vulnerable groups are more likely to have their human rights impacted by unilateral sanctions, an independent UN human rights expert...
Africa Free Trade Area, likely spur for growth and development
With productivity-boosting measures, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement could reduce poverty and inequality while spurring sustainable and inclusive growth, according to...
A meeting to boost support for UN Peacekeeping ended on Wednesday with 62 countries making new pledges, and advancing existing commitments, to help enhance...
On Wednesday morning, seven UN peacekeepers from Togo died and three others were seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Bandiagara region in...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now