Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. Read the full story,...
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FROM THE FIELD: South Sudan’s displaced youth, help power change
Young people who were displaced by conflict in South Sudan have returned home to power change in their community. Read the full story, “FROM...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s largest economies to spearhead a global COVID-19 vaccination plan, expand debt relief to developing countries...
After receiving reports of heart inflammation cases due to myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination with COVID-19 Pfizer and Moderna shots, World Health Organization (WHO)...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensuring aid workers can access the war-ravaged Tigray region, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. ...
The UN chief has welcomed a decision on Friday by the Security Council to extend the UN cross-border aid operation in northwest Syria for...
A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million – are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising...
Bridging the Gap and Crossing the Bridge
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A Film Challenging Religious Norms
NEW DELHI, India, Jul 09 (IPS) – When Turkish- Norwegian writer and filmmaker Nefise Ozkal Lorentzen heard about Seyran Ates’ mixed gender mosque in...
Q&A: UN Food Systems Summit Opportunity for the World to Unite on Healthy, Fair & Sustainable Food Systems
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 09 (IPS) – Before the COVID-19 pandemic upended every sphere of life, the world was lagging on a goal to end...
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