Nataliia Vladimirova fled her home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first day of the Russian invasion, on 24 February, with her four-year-old daughter Oleksandra...
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The key to climate action and sustainable peace? Women’s full and equal participation
Women and children increasingly bear the brunt of climate change, which deepens the inequalities and vulnerabilities they already face, such as poverty, violence, lack...
A Battle Between a UN Chief & US Envoy Ends in a Decisive Blow with an American Veto
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) – When Madeleine Albright was nominated to be the first female US Secretary of State back in 1997, some...
Ukraine: Second UN convoy reaches Sumy, Mariupol access thwarted
UN humanitarian agencies and partners on the ground in Ukraine, were able to reach the town of Sumy, in the country’s northeast on Thursday,...
The UN and partners on Thursday launched a $1.7 billion Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for South Sudan, to meet the needs of some 6.8...
‘Unbox Me’ campaign gives visibility to lives of transgender children
A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and to advocate for their rights. Read the full story,...
UN chief hails launch of new expert group to boost net-zero climate change fight
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged private investors businesses, cities, states and regions, to do more to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions, launching...
UN health agency launches bid to stop a new global pandemic
“Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion people, they’re a deadly threat – which is...
Zimbabwe Elections Rekindle Voter Apathy Concerns
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Mar 31 (IPS) – Activity in the streets of Zimbabwe’s second city is testimony to a thriving informal sector where thousands of...
Turning Agro-industrial Waste into Energy in Argentina
ZÃ?RATE, Argentina, Mar 31 (IPS) – Three giant concrete cylinders with inflated membrane roofs are a strange sight in the industrial park of Zárate,...
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