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Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will have to end next month, unless emergency funds can be secured.
Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons
- UN News
The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security Council on Friday.
Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation
- UN News
Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep concerns of a new humanitarian crisis.
DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi
- UN News
The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
Online ‘manosphere’ is moving misogyny to the mainstream
- UN News
A decline in democracy and harmful content spread on social media platforms are helping to drive a backlash against feminism, and the growth of misogynistic and retrograde ideas about the roles of men and women and society.
WOMEN'S DAY LIVE UPDATES: ‘I fought for my freedom’ - Jaha Dukureh
- UN News
International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March, is about challenges, backlashes against gender equality and cause for celebrations around the world. Join us as we cover events, changemakers and celebrities at UN Headquarters and beyond today. UN News app users can follow here.
Solutions To TB and HIV Benefit All of Us, North and South
- Inter Press Service
PRINCETON, New Jersey, USA, Mar 06 (IPS) - In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else in the world. A few dozen people get sick, health workers attempt to locate and test everyone with a bad cough and other symptoms. A concerted effort is made to make sure that patients take their medications for the entire duration of treatment, at least six months, to help stem the creation of drug-resistant infections.
UN: Women’s Rights Face ‘Unprecedented’ Pushbacks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - Girls and women worldwide are facing growing threats to their security and rights, from threats to their education access to severe poverty and multiple forms of violence. In 2024, nearly one in four governments worldwide reported a backlash to women’s rights, as a new report from UN Women reveals.
How the Arts Play a Role in the Fight for Nuclear Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - This week countries and communities converge in New York for the 3rd Meeting of State Parties on the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), with multiple side events to address the social, political and cultural impact of nuclear abolition across different sectors.
International Women’s Day, 2025 - The Quest for a Female UN Secretary-General: Assessing the Probability
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 06 (IPS) - The United Nations has chosen “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” as the theme for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025. This theme emphasizes the importance of equal rights, power, and opportunities for all women and girls, urging action to create a feminist future where no one is left behind.
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