What is financing for development?
These are part of 17 goals agreed by nearly every country, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The plan is…
Tag: Poverty
Long after the guns fall silent, conflict-related sexual violence leaves lasting scars
In 2024 alone, the UN verified around 4,500 cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), though the real number is likely…
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero. Zero women in national or local decision-making…
Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
The UN is taking part alongside more than 150 countries and organizations at the global gathering, which carries the forward-looking…
Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not end
Since then, “there has been no end to the violence, even though thousands have been killed and thousands more injured,”…
Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
She assumes the role at a challenging time, with ongoing conflicts, faltering development goals, mounting financial pressures, and the upcoming…
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures…
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
It’s believed that hundreds of thousands of trafficked individuals of various nationalities are forced to carry out fraud in the…
Colombia: UN mission chief stresses need to advance implementation of peace deal
Carlos Ruiz Massieu said an upsurge in violence in some regions has highlighted challenges to achieving peace. “In places like…
Syria’s humanitarian crisis: 16.5 million in need amid continuing conflict
Briefing journalists in New York from Damascus, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, explained that the country remains…