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UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater global commitment to address dire state of the ocean
Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of state agreeing on a new political declaration to Save Our Ocean. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - July 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean
Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of state agreeing on a new political declaration to Save Our Ocean. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - July 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Sustainable blue economy vital for small countries and coastal populations
With the livelihoods of about 40 per cent of the world’s population living at or near a coast, the second day of the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon focused on strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies, managing coastal ecosystems. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion law a ‘huge blow to women’s human rights’ warns Bachelet
Friday’s decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe v Wade judgement guaranteeing access to abortion across the United States, was described by the UN human rights chief as “a huge blow to women’s human rights and gender equality.” (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’
Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of gender-based violence,” the UN Deputy Secretary-General told a high-level meeting in Kigali, on Thursday, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a major contributor. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Violence against indigenous women, ‘legacy of colonialism’ rooted in racism
Indigenous women and girls face grave, systematic, and continuous acts of violence that permeate every aspect of their lives, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Wednesday in a hard hitting report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Sexual violence in conflict ‘terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities’
Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities,” the UN chief said on Friday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Afghanistan facing ‘the darkest moments’ in a generation
The Afghanistan people are experiencing some of “the darkest moments” in a generation the UN human rights chief told Human Rights Council on Wednesday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Promoting women ’s rights, a ‘proven’ strategy for peace and stability
The Women, Peace and Security agenda is “one of our best hopes” for a more peaceful future and a liveable planet, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: The South Sudanese refugee helping others through trauma
Rose Mary Tiep, fled domestic abuse and the conflict in South Sudan five years ago. Today she is helping others through their trauma in an Ugandan refugee camp, as part of a UN-backed support programme. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

A catering programme with baked-in prospects for vulnerable Liberian girls
Agnes-Josephine Kenderman, a Liberian teenage mother, is benefiting from a UN-backed initiative to empower young vulnerable girls, which includes training to help her make and sell pastries and other products. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Chile: Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’
The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with HIV. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins UN gender  advocate award
For the first time, a Zimbabwean peacekeeper has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2021 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, UN Peacekeeping announced on Tuesday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UN marks first ever international day spotlighting women working in the maritime industry
The first ever International Day for Women in Maritime kicked off its inaugural celebration on Wednesday with a seminar to “take stock and identify areas where improvement is needed”, the top UN official representing seafarers said. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Afghanistan: Taliban orders women to stay home; cover up in public
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) issued a statement of deep concern on Saturday in response to an announcement made by the Taliban de facto authorities saying that women should only leave their homes in cases of necessity and then, with their faces covered in public. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news