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Riyadh: In a first for Saudi Arabia, the country has appointed a woman to run a bank. more

Child sexual abuse and exploitation: UN event sheds light on the unthinkable

New York, Governments can and must do more to end the daily sexual abuse and exploitation of girls and boys worldwide, an event at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday highlighted, in ...

UN expert denounces killing of more Palestinian protesters, as ‘affront to human rights’

New York, As protests continue at the Gaza border fence against Israeli policies, so does the killing and wounding of Palestinian protesters, including children, by the Israeli secu ...

US to deny G-4 visas to same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and UN workers

Washington: The United States of America has declared that it will not provide diplomatic visas to same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and United Nations (UN) workers.

UNGA meeting spotlights the ‘press behind bars’, as experts denounce record number of jailed journalists

New York, Regularly threatened, attacked and killed, journalists are also being imprisoned in record numbers around the world, an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly highlig ...

Deputy UN chief hails ‘political courage’ of Latin American countries ‘to confront and end femicide’

New York, A 50 million euro investment aimed at helping to end the scourge of femicide – where women and girls are killed just because of their gender – was announced at ...

Women need to speak up for sexual harassment to stop: Michal Aviad

Israeli film director Michal Aviad has been wowing crowds and critics alike with her latest offering, Working Woman. The film deals with sexual harassment at workplace, a prevalent proble ...

Governments urged to ‘do the hard work’ to better manage global migration

New York,As world leaders met at the United Nations on Wednesday to discuss the first global agreement designed to better manage international migration, a leading voice on migrants&rsquo ...

UN hails Human Rights Declaration as tool for conflict and poverty prevention

New York, As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) this year, the United Nations General Assembly dedicated a high- ...

Violence against the LGBTI community: UN focuses on ‘need to challenge hatred’

New York,: As the United Nations celebrates 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a high-level event on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings of lesbian, gay, ...