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Gaza power cut impacts safe water access for hundreds of thousands

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza power cut impacts safe water access for hundreds of thousands 10 March 2025 © WFP A family gathers in a damaged building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.…

Afghanistan: Top UN envoy calls for ‘a moment of realism’, as Taliban’s isolation grows

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: Top UN envoy calls for ‘a moment of realism’, as Taliban’s isolation grows 10 March 2025 人道协调厅/Charlotte Cans 阿富汗超过2300万人需要人道主义援助。 The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic engagement with the country as humanitarian and human rights crises deepen amid growing international isolation…

Drug traffickers running routes through war zones, top UN official warns

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Drug traffickers running routes through war zones, top UN official warns 10 March 2025 UNODC/Ioulia Kondratovitch There have been a record number of seizures of amphetamine-type stimulants. A “new black market” for synthetics and drug trafficking through war zones are fuelling instability around the world, the chief of the UN drugs and crime office said on Monday…

Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities 10 March 2025 © UNICEF/Raphael Pouget Social networks and online apps should be more inclusive of the needs of all people in society, the Human Rights heard, in a debate covering digital and assistive technologies. States must do more to prevent cyberbullying and overcome unequal access to assistive technology which…

Ukraine reels from one of the deadliest days of war

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine reels from one of the deadliest days of war 09 March 2025 © UNOCHA A humanitarian convoy delivered aid to residents of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region in January. Attacks across Ukraine on Friday reportedly left 21 civilians dead and scores injured, making it one of the deadliest days this year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country said in a statement issued on…

UN rights chief raises alarm over escalating violence in Syria

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief raises alarm over escalating violence in Syria 09 March 2025 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Parts of northwestern Syria lie in ruins following nearly 14 years of conflict. The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former…

Explainer: The Commission on the Status of Women and why it matters

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: The Commission on the Status of Women and why it matters 09 March 2025 © UN Women/Ryan Brown Women in East Java, Indonesia, discuss how they can contribute to peace in their communities. Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status of women in the 1940s, thousands of women around the world meet at UN…

WOMEN’S DAY LIVE: ‘Equality is the gamechanger’

1 month 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WOMEN’S DAY LIVE: ‘Equality is the gamechanger’ 07 March 2025 © UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker Members of the Mulanje Teen Club enjoy a debate around some of the challenges facing youth in Malawi. International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March, is about challenges, backlashes against gender equality and cause for celebrations around the world. UN News app users can follow our coverage here…

Online ‘manosphere’ is moving misogyny to the mainstream

1 month 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Online ‘manosphere’ is moving misogyny to the mainstream 07 March 2025 UN Women Colombia March for Women's Rights during the 16 days of activism in Colombia. A decline in democracy and harmful content spread on social media platforms are helping to drive a backlash against feminism, and the growth of misogynistic and retrograde ideas about the roles of men and women and society…

DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi

1 month 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi 07 March 2025 © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo Refugees fleeing DR Congo arrive at a reception centre in Burundi. The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to…