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How girls are moving the goalpost in Iraq

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home How girls are moving the goalpost in Iraq 04 September 2023 © IOM/Anjam Rasool The team celebrates Zubaida’s (centre) penalty kick that helped the Mosul Girls Football Club win the match. Over two billion people around the world watched the Women’s World Cup Final in August, and tucked away on the left coast of the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq, a group of teenage girls and their families…

Philippines: Indigenous knowledge takes on climate crisis

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Philippines: Indigenous knowledge takes on climate crisis 03 September 2023 © Bukda Organization A cacao plantation in Bukidnon province, Philippines. In the mountainous province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines, local indigenous groups are being forced to adapt to the alarming impacts of climate change. With UN support, communities are making significant strides, using centuries-old…

From the Field: Literacy classes for Afghan girls and women

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: Literacy classes for Afghan girls and women 02 September 2023 © UNESCO/Navid Rahi UNESCO's community-based literacy classes are already reaching more than 1,000 women and girls in Logar province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Logar province is one of the most conservative areas in the country. Even before the decision of the de-facto authorities to suspend girls’ access to…

Iran: Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Iran: Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts 01 September 2023 © Unsplash/Hasan Almasi Porter le hijab en public est obligatoire pour les femmes en Iran. A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab…

200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home 200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies 01 September 2023 © UNICEF/Harandane Dicko A seven-month-old infant is being treated for severe acute malnutrition at a regional hospital in Timbuktu, Mali. A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into…

UN ready to assist people affected by deadly blaze in South Africa

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN ready to assist people affected by deadly blaze in South Africa 01 September 2023 IMF Photo/James Oatway A man kicks a soccer ball up the street during lockdown in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, 3 April 2020. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined support for South Africa in the wake of the deadly fire in Johannesburg on Thursday which killed at least 74 people, including…

Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants 01 September 2023 © WFP Niger Cash distribution to displaced people in Balléyara, Niger. The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of stranded migrants, after July’s military takeover triggered border & airspace closures…

Haiti violence: ‘Carnage needs to stop’ says UN relief chief

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti violence: ‘Carnage needs to stop’ says UN relief chief 01 September 2023 © Roger LeMoyne and U.S. CDC People are protesting on the streets of Port-au-Prince in crisis-torn Haiti. Haiti is in the grip of “extreme brutality”, with gang-related violence continuing to force thousands from their homes amidst widespread suffering, said the UN’s top humanitarian official there…

African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts 01 September 2023 © UNICEF/Raphael Pouget Children in Africa are among the most at risk of the impacts of climate change. Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children’s Fund…

UN expert urges international support for The Bahamas amid climate crisis

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN expert urges international support for The Bahamas amid climate crisis 01 September 2023 UN Photo/OCHA/Mark Garten Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas has been devastated by Hurricane Dorian. (September 2019) A UN-appointed human rights expert on Friday urged the international community to increase assistance to The Bahamas and other small island States that face elevated threats from natural…