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Child marriage numbers drop, but still ‘a long way to go’ to end practice – UNICEF

New York: Although the prevalence of child marriage is decreasing worldwide, action will need to be stepped up to achieve the global target of ending the practice by 2030, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. more

25 million child marriages prevented in last decade due to accelerated progress, according to new UNICEF estimates

New York/New Delhi: The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally with several countries seeing significant reductions in recent years, UNICEF said on Tuesday.

Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing

New York: Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and abject poverty – the deputy United ...

Hunger rates remain high amid conflict, climate shocks, warns UN food security report

New York: Increased hunger and food insecurity, fuelled by conflict and climatic challenges, continues to inflict suffering on populations in different parts of the world, forcing them to ...

Despite decades-long effort, one-in-five children worldwide out of school – UN cultural agency

New York: Updated data reveals that some 263 million – one-in-five – children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out school, a figure that has barely changed over the past f ...

Pakistani court asks NADRA to submit list of people who have left Islam

Islamabad: Islamabad High Court recently ordered the country's national citizen database to hand over a list of people who have left Islam for another religion, the Rabwah Times repor ...

Sydney Harbour Bridge hosts first same-sex marriage in Australia

Sydney: Writing their names in history book, Warren Orlandi has married his partner on the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge of Australia, media reports said.

UN Committee against Torture issues new guidelines on asylum seekers’ rights

New York, Mar 1 (JEN): New guidelines developed by the United Nations Committee against Torture aim to help Governments avoid violating international human rights law, and to help asylum ...

Saudi Arabia allows women to join army as critics credit its feud with Iran behind female empowerment

Riyadh: Are the dark days of being a woman in Saudi Arabia slowly becoming a thing of the past? If the recent activities are taken into account, one can say that the country is taking gia ...

UN launches 24-hour hotline for staff to report sexual harassment

New York, Feb 27 (JEN): The United Nations is launching a 24-hour helpline to enable staff to call out sexual harassment in the workplace, Secretary-General António Guterres said o ...