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Funding for Human Rights Organizations – including at the Grassroots Level – have Been Slashed Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, December 11 (IPS) - Human rights are underfunded, undermined and under attack. And yet. Powerful. Undeterred. Mobilizing.This year no doubt has been a difficult one. And one full of dangerous contradictions. Funding for human rights has been slashed, while anti-rights movements are increasingly well-funded.
Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns
- UN News
Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger.
Venezuela’s National Guard linked to killings, torture and repression, UN probe finds
- UN News
Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has been implicated in a decade-long pattern of killings, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence targeting protesters and opponents of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a new report from UN-appointed investigators on Thursday.
Human Right Day 2025
- Inter Press Service
In a world of turbulence and doubt, one promise remains. In 1948, nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Global campaign reveals how human rights ‘are the basis of our existence’
- UN News
To commemorate this year’s Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, invited members of the public to write in their most cherished values and everyday essentials.
Afghanistan’s crisis deepens as human rights recede and aid funding falls
- UN News
Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights – especially for women and girls – alongside mass displacement, economic decline and shrinking aid, senior UN officials warned on Wednesday.
Social media: Age-related bans won’t keep kids safe, UNICEF warns
- UN News
A social media ban for children under 16 came into effect in Australia on Wednesday, marking a global first.
UNESCO urges a modern rethink of the right to learn
- UN News
Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, conflicts and rapid technological change are leaving millions behind.
Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes
- UN News
In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called “Yellow Line” of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border.
‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses
- UN News
In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on work.
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