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#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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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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#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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#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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#UN; #FAO; #Africa; #Agriculture; #Farming; #HumanitarianAid; #WomenLead Sahel (Africa)/CMEDIA: Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN Food and …
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#GlobalEducation; #GlobalLearningCrisis; #Covid19; #TransformingEducation CMEDIA: Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of over 31 million students, exacerbating what the United Nations’ Secretary-General called “a global …
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#UN; #ILO; #JobLoss; #Taliban; #WomenIssues; #KidsSuffer CMEDIA: More than half a million people have lost or been pushed out of their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, the UN …
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#TalibanLeaders; #Afghanistan; #WomenIdentity; #UN; WomenEducation New York/CMEDIA: Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, independent UN human rights experts warned on Monday. …
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Young people take part in a pro-democracy demonstration in Myanmar., by Unsplash/Pyae Sone Htun #WomenRights; #UN; #ViolenceAgainstWomen; #Discremination; #Inequality With COVID-19, the situation for women human rights defenders and the …
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COVID-19 vaccines delivered through the COVAX Facility arrive in Tanzania. Image credit: UNICEF/Daniel Msirikale #UN; #GlobalHealth; #Covid19Vaccine; #COVAX With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World …
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