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World News in Brief: Israeli settlement plan condemned, abductions in northern Nigeria, alarm over reported pre-election attacks in India

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Israeli settlement plan condemned, abductions in northern Nigeria, alarm over reported pre-election attacks in India 07 March 2024 © UNICEF/Ahed Izhiman A checkpoint in Hebron, in Palestine's West Bank. The plan by Israel’s Government to build more than 3,400 housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank was condemned on Thursday by the UN Special…

Women at the UN: Everything you need to know about #CSW68

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Women at the UN: Everything you need to know about #CSW68 07 March 2024 UN Women/Ryan Brown Mathu Joyini, Chair of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), officially closes the event at UN Headquarters. (file) The annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meets in March each year to address the widespread inequalities, violence and discrimination women…

5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home 5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment 07 March 2024 © WFP/Evelyn Fey Women in Djoukoulkili, Chad, work to prevent land loss. At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by 2030, according to UN Women. As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March by investing in women, we look at what needs…

Afghanistan’s economy has ‘basically collapsed’: UNDP

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan’s economy has ‘basically collapsed’: UNDP 07 March 2024 © WHO/Zakarya Safari A child stands amidst the ruins left in the aftermath of the devastating October 2023 earthquakes in Herat, Afghanistan. The Afghan economy and especially regions affected by the devastating earthquakes in October last year, “are still hurting”, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday, as…

Gaza: Starvation claims more young lives as UN advocates for new aid routes

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Starvation claims more young lives as UN advocates for new aid routes 07 March 2024 © UNRWA Workers from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, continue to distribute flour in southern Gaza, but the aid trickling in is not enough to meet current needs. Days from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and with no ceasefire agreement in sight for Gaza, UN humanitarians…

UN chief appeals for Sudan ceasefire, now: ‘Values of Ramadan must prevail’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief appeals for Sudan ceasefire, now: ‘Values of Ramadan must prevail’ 07 March 2024 © UNICEF/Tariq Khalil A woman collects water at an IDP camp in Darfur. The war in Sudan has forced millions to flee their homes. The UN Secretary-General on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and unhindered humanitarian access as the country teeters on the brink of further…

‘They destroyed us’: North Gazans flee homes in search of food and shelter

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘They destroyed us’: North Gazans flee homes in search of food and shelter 07 March 2024 © UNOCHA Whole neighborhoods have been erased in northern Gaza. Life is rapidly being choked out of northern Gaza. After enduring nearly five months of bombing, starvation, illness, pain and suffering, many of the last survivors have finally had enough, according to some of the displaced who have been…

Allow more aid into Gaza now, pleads UN health agency chief

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Allow more aid into Gaza now, pleads UN health agency chief 06 March 2024 © WFP/Mostafa Ghroz Hot meals distribution in Gaza Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the north of the war-torn enclave, UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday…

11 months into Sudan war, ‘world’s worst hunger crisis’ looms

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home 11 months into Sudan war, ‘world’s worst hunger crisis’ looms 06 March 2024 © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune Sudanese refugees shelter under trees in villages of neighbouring Chad. (file) Nearly 11 months since rival generals declared war in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the conflict risks triggering “the world’s worst hunger crisis…

Path to low-carbon construction is clear as mud

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Path to low-carbon construction is clear as mud 06 March 2024 © Sindhoor Pangal Sindhoor Pangal (center) worked with Masons Ink and a team of women masons to create her mud home. The use of building materials such as cement and steel create a massive carbon footprint, and the industry overall is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global CO2 emissions, mainly in terms of production and…