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Online ‘manosphere’ is moving misogyny to the mainstream

1 month 1 week 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 1 week 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…

Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation 07 March 2025 © UNHCR/Hameed Maarouf UNHCR staff are supporting returning refugees and internally displaced people in rural Aleppo, Syria. Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep concerns of a new…

Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis 07 March 2025 UNOCHA/Damilola Onafuwa A woman cooks food in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will have to end next month, unless emergency funds can be secured…

Scores killed in ‘abhorrent attack’ on UN helicopter in South Sudan

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Scores killed in ‘abhorrent attack’ on UN helicopter in South Sudan 07 March 2025 UNMISS An UNMISS peacekeeper guards a helicopter that had to make an emergency landing. (file photo) A UN helicopter attempting to evacuate wounded South Sudanese soldiers in the north of the country was attacked on Friday, killing a crew member and injuring two others…

Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli operations continue to have dire consequences

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli operations continue to have dire consequences 07 March 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel Two children walk through Gaza's destroyed landscape. Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are exacerbating an already dire situation for displaced Palestinians…

Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons 07 March 2025 UNICEF/Al Shami A child's toy lies in the rubble of a destroyed building in rural Damascus, Syria. (file) The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the UN’s top disarmament…

Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official 06 March 2025 © UNAIDS/Cynthia R Matonhodze A woman living with HIV receives medication at a hospital in Zimbabwe. Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Thursday…

UN emergency aid fund releases $110 million for neglected humanitarian crises

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN emergency aid fund releases $110 million for neglected humanitarian crises 06 March 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children and their families in central Gaza receive winter clothes. Amid deep cuts to global humanitarian funding, the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund, CERF, on Thursday allocated $110 million to neglected crises across Africa, Asia and Latin America…

One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024

1 month 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024 06 March 2025 © UN Women/Rossana Fraga Women in Brazil highlight the importance of access to sport. The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutions which support and…