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Alarm: Every Two Weeks a Mother Tongue Disappears Due to Globalisation
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Feb 21 (IPS) - “Every two weeks a language disappears taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage. At least 43% of the estimated 6000 languages spoken in the world are endangered. Only a few hundred languages have genuinely been given a place in education systems and the public domain, and less than a hundred are used in the digital world.”
Halt all retaliation attacks against Indian journalist Rana Ayyub – UN experts
- UN News
UN-appointed independent rights experts issued a statement on Monday calling on India to end relentless misogynistic and sectarian attacks against an investigative journalist.
Ukraine Crisis: The Stakes are High
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 21 (IPS) - If the Ukraine crisis erupts into war – even intensified limited war in Eastern Ukraine with overt Russian intervention – the consequences will be severe and far-reaching.
COVID-19: Health workers face ‘dangerous neglect’, warn WHO, ILO
- UN News
Health teams worldwide need much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health and labour agencies said on Monday.
Stop violence at European borders and protect refugees – UNHCR
- UN News
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged on Monday for greater protection for refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe.
Protect linguistic diversity on International Mother Language Day
- UN News
The head of the UN’s educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, has called for defending linguistic and cultural diversity in her message to mark International Mother Language Day on Monday.
First Person : I don’t want to die in the body of a man
- UN News
A transgender woman in Haiti has said she does not want to die in a man's body, and hopes to leave her native country to fulfill her dream of transitioning from being a man to a woman. Semi Alisha Fermond works with transgender people at Kay Trans Ayiti (the Creole name for Trans House Haiti) and is an activist with the UNDP and UNAIDS-supported organization Community Action for the Integration of Vulnerable Haitians (ACIFVH).
Women building a sustainable future: fighting back the desert, amid Niger’s refugee and climate crises
- UN News
Internal displacement, regional instability, and climate change have created a refugee crisis in Niger, but an initiative in the town of Ouallam is showing how different communities can work together to survive, and improve the local environment.
Students go back to Haitian school three years after gang attack
- UN News
Students have returned to the Lycée National de La Saline after it was closed due to gang violence.
The ongoing fight against child marriage and ‘bride kidnapping’ in Kyrgyzstan
- UN News
Although child marriage and “bride kidnapping” are illegal in Kyrgyzstan, both practices still exist in parts of the country. An initiative from a UN-backed programme is finally leading to a change in attitudes, and a decline in these harmful practices.
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