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SAMOA: Pacific women, youth to benefit from partnerships - UN

New York, Sept 4 (JEN) Women and youth must be seen as partners in development and involved, not just included, in decision-making, according to discussions at the United Nations conference on small island developing states which wraps up Thursday in Samoa. more

Restoring dignity, ensuring ‘safe space’ for returning Nigerian schoolgirls critical : UN official

New York, Aug 21 (JEN) A United Nations official for Nigeria on Wednesday said that restoring the dignity and integrity of returning schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Chibok ...

Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls not forgotten, UN chief declares as worldwide vigils begin

New York, July 24 (JEN) Marking 100 days since the brazen abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, by Boko Haram terrorists, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his c ...

Easing plight of child migrants fleeing Central America requires ‘compassionate solutions’: Ban

New York, July 17 (JEN) Deeply concerned by the “urgent humanitarian situation” of unaccompanied child migrants from Central America, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called fo ...

In Nigeria, UN envoy reviews efforts to release schoolgirls, meets with Malala Yousafzai

New York, July 16 (JEN) More than 90 days after hundreds of schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram rebels in north-eastern Nigeria, a United Nations envoy for the region got a first-hand a ...

UN envoy calls for vigil for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, pledges “never to abandon them”

New York, July 12 (IBNS) United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown on Friday called for the world to show support for the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok, Nigeria, on 22 ...

Honduras must address widespread impunity for crimes against women : UN

New York, July 11 (JEN): An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Government of Honduras to address the culture of widespread impunity for crimes against women and gir ...

Syrian refugee mothers in ‘spiral of hardship’, UN reports

New York, July 9 (JEN) One in four of all Syrian refugee families in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan are headed by women who, on their own, are struggling to make ends meet and take care of ...

Iraq: UN officials voice concern about humanitarian situation, abuse of women, girls

New York, July 3 (JEN) Amid reports of deliberate targeting of women and girls in Iraq, senior United Nations officials on Wednesday voiced deep concern about the deteriorating humanitarian ...

Iraq: Displaced girls, women face increasing risk of sexual violence, UN warns

New York, July 1 (JEN): An estimated 20,000 women and girls in Iraq are at an increased risk of sexual violence as a result of the mounting crisis in northern and western parts of the countr ...