New York: As gender-equality advocates discuss how a lasting peace can be secured in Afghanistan, the top UN official in the country has underscored the importance of women’s partic ...
Kabul: Women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peace processes was the focus of this year’s Afghanistan-wide Global Open Days events, a series of nationwide dialog ...
Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a probe into the allegations related to the sexual abuse of female athletes.
New York: People with disabilities in Ukraine are contributing to the development of a network of environmentally friendly bicycle routes which are helping to protect unique local l ...
New York: The United Nations launched its first-ever flagship report on disability and development on Monday; published by, for, and with, persons with disabilities, in the hopes of foste ...
New York, Slavery is still a very real and widespread phenomenon, affecting more than 40 million people worldwide, says the International Labour Organization (ILO), with children ma ...
London: British PM Theresa May has declined the plea by Cabinet ministers to offer asylum to Pakistani woman Asia Bibi who has been acquitted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court recently, m ...
New York, Nov 30 (IBNS): A new study released by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, shows that the deteriorating crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), five years into the lates ...
New York, A group of United Nations human rights experts issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on States to live up to their commitments to protect women human rights defend ...
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- Human traffickers torture immigrants who attempted to reach Europe via Iran
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