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Make this the century of women ’s equality: UN chief
The 21st century must be the century of women’s equality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday evening, in a call to transform the world by ensuring equal participation for all.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

A UN-backed boost for women-run businesses in the developing world
Many women running small businesses in emerging markets in developing countries have to juggle their business objectives with family obligations and personal savings goals. By supporting a women-focused bond providing loans to microfinance institutions and impact enterprises, the UN is helping women entrepreneurs facing similar challenges, to succeed in their professional and private lives. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 26, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UN human rights chief warns of women ’s rights complacency
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned against complacency on women’s rights at an event marking the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, a landmark agenda for the empowerment of women. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Teenage girls' education, ‘an indispensable foundation’ for achieving development goals: Guterres
Promoting education for adolescent girls is an “indispensable foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”,  Secretary-General António Guterres declared at the launch event of the Drive for 5 education initiative at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, hosted by the Irish Mission to the United Nations. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

$683 million appeal to deliver reproductive health services, where they ’re most needed
With more than half of all maternal deaths occurring in countries affected by humanitarian crises and fragility, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for greater international support to provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services in these locations.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

With science ‘held back by a gender gap’, Guterres calls for more empowerment for women and girls
Fewer than 30 per cent of the world’s scientific researchers are women: that’s just one of the statistics showing how many challenges remain for women and girls in the scientific field, as the world marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on Tuesday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Central African Republic: One year after peace deal, a ‘long, steep’ road ahead to ensure child rights protections
A year since the signing of a peace deal between the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 armed groups, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Thursday that millions of children across the country remain threatened by violence and a lack of access to food, health care and other basic needs.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

South Sudan: UN official welcomes release of women and children abducted by armed group
The expert leading UN efforts to stamp out sexual violence committed during wartime has welcomed the release of 78 women and 50 children by an armed group in South Sudan.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Coding in Namibia: UN supports young women ’s computing career dreams
Six young women from Namibia are on the path to a career in the field of information and communications technology (ICT), with the support of the UN office in the country.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - January 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Health services for Syrian women caught up in war, foster safety and hope: UNFPA
Continued displacement from conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria leaves women and girls in urgent need of safe spaces, shelter and reproductive health services, according to a Flash Update this week from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - January 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Tackling femicide in Argentina: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
Tackling violence against women is crucial to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In January, the United Nations launched a Decade of Action to support meeting the 17 goals by 2030.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - January 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Women in Business'must be knowledgeable and trust their knowledge '
Women who set up their own businesses will succeed if they are knowledgeable about their field and “trust their knowledge”; that’s according to the owner of a successful wine bar and store in the city of New Orleans in the United States.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - December 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FIRST PERSON: Community helping to heal New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - December 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FIRST PERSON: Wine still helping heal, post-Hurricane Katrina
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - December 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FIRST PERSON: Feeling the milliner ’s vibe
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - December 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news