THE POWER OF CHOICE: STATE OF WORLD POPULATION REPORT 2018
October 17: Rights and choice are at the centre of the mandate of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA. The rights of people to decide for themselves if and when to marry or be in a partnership;...
View ArticleClimate Change Signals and Impacts Continue in 2018
The long-term warming trend has continued in 2018, with the average global temperature set to be the fourth highest on record. The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the...
View ArticleWMO Confirms Past 4 years Were Warmest On Record
Geneva, 6 February 2019: In a clear sign of continuing long-term climate change associated with record atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 have been confirmed as...
View ArticleA staggering one-in-three women experience physical, sexual abuse
Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much it is often unreported due to impunity, shame and gender inequality, the UN...
View ArticleThe 2010 – 2020 UN News Decade in Review
With the 2020s now in full view, welcome to the second in our three-part series looking back at some of the major UN-related stories of the past decade. In part two, we take in the years 2014 to 2016 …...
View ArticleThe 2010 – 2020 UN News Decade in Review, part three
The final part looks at the launch of the 2030 Agenda, the UN’s blueprint for a better future for all; the humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis; the successful end to the mandate of the...
View ArticleTemporary Basic Income to protect the world’s poorest people could slow the...
The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 cases by enabling nearly three billion people to stay at home, according...
View ArticleLaunch of policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on Southeast Asia
As in other parts of the world, the health, economic and political impact of COVID-19 has been significant across Southeast Asia — hitting the most vulnerable the hardest. The pandemic has highlighted...
View ArticleClimate Ambition Summit to mark Paris Agreement 5-year anniversary
The United Nations, United Kingdom and France are proud to co-convene the Climate Ambition Summit 2020, in partnership with Chile and Italy on 12 December, exactly five years since the adoption of the...
View ArticleAre We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways for Inclusive...
COVID-19 has led to a global crisis threatening the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable by increasing poverty, exacerbating inequalities, and damaging long-term economic growth prospects. The...
View ArticleRelease of the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises and high-level launch event
On 5 May 2021, the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) – an international alliance working to address the root causes of extreme hunger – will release the 2021 edition of the Global Report on...
View ArticleCOVID To Push Global Unemployment Over 200 Million Mark in 2022
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts...
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