Women building a sustainable future: India’s rural energy pioneers
A UN project, in association with one of India’s leading clean energy companies, is training women salt farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat to work in the solar power …
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Securing evidence: The key to convicting human traffickers
“Slave” tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of objects and physical abuses deployed by human traffickers to control, torture, and brand their victims, …
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International Women’s Day: ‘Time is now’ for gender equality
Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ is the theme for the UN’s commemoration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, celebrating the work of women and girls in fighting climate change and …
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Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,”: Michelle Bachelet
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, addresses the Human Rights Council at an urgent debate on the situation in Ukraine. Image credit: UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Russia’s military …
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Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution
Heads of State, environment ministers, and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi on Wednesday to end plastic pollution, and forge an …
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Praying for protection, basic human rights of Ukraine’s displaced people: Angelina Jolie
#AngelinaJolie, #Ukraine, #UkraineCrisis, #UN, #Russia Los Angeles/IBNS: Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has come out in support of Ukraine and its people and said she is praying for the country which has been invaded by Russia. Russian …
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Demography makes India micro and macro cause for achieving gender equality: Former assistant UN secretary-general Laxmi M Puri
#GenderEquality, #LaxmiMPuri, #Agenda2030, #UN On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, Laxmi M Puri, former assistant secretary-general at the United Nations and ex-deputy executive director of UN Women, spoke on the topic of …
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International Development Week 2022 Theme for Canada is ‘Go for the Goals’ keeping in mind SDGs of U.N.
Go for the Goals. Image credit: Twitter handle of Development Canada #Canada; #InternationalDevelopmentWeek’ #GoForTheGoals; #GlobalCitizens; #UN; #SDGs Ottawa/CMEDIA: International Development Week (IDW) is an annual event in Canada to highlight …
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If you’re not thinking about the climate impacts of thawing permafrost, (here’s why) you should be
#UN; #ClimateChange; #EarthPermafrost; #thawing; #IndigenousCommunities; #Arctic New York/CMEDIA: Earth’s permafrost is thawing, and indigenous communities in the Arctic and scientists around the world say it’s high time this alarming loss …
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Madagascar: Deadly tropical storms cause flooding, landslides
#ClimateChange; #Environment; #UN; #OCHA; #WFP; #Famine; #Rainfall Madgascar/CMEDIA: Two separate tropical weather systems in Madagascar have left at least 34 dead and triggered flooding and landslides, particularly in the capital, …
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