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Landmark gender  equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026 
With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the table negotiating peace”, the historic Generation Equality Forum in Paris concluded on Friday with new commitments designed to address that, and other injustices. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - July 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares 
In a bid to put gender equality at the heart of COVID recovery, UN Women kicked off a three-day “landmark effort” in Paris on Wednesday, aiming to lay out ambitious investments and policies to bridge the chasm between where women stand in the world today, and where they should be, by 2030.   (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Generation Equality: Alongside COVID lies an ‘equally horrific pandemic’ threatening women
As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, “a parallel and equally horrific pandemic” has threatened half the world’s population, the UN chief said on Tuesday, in the lead up to the Generation Equality Forum in France. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Time running out to prevent  ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: Raising a glass to ‘Mama Cheers’
A Ugandan woman entrepreneur who was left with just a wheelbarrow and a red dress, when a business partner ran off with all her money has been recognized with an award by the UN trade agency (UNCTAD) after she grew her company into a nationwide enterprise with five million customers. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - June 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack her. Now, a UN-backed initiative is giving her, and others in similar situations, a chance to become financially independent, and start new lives.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 31, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

No ‘manels’, more gender equality in Indonesia: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
Panel discussions exclusively made up of men, or ‘manels’ need to stop, says Valerie Julliand, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia. Ms. Julliand has taken steps to promote gender parity by pledging that the UN will only participate in panels which include women’s voices. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Military Gender Advocate of the Year highlights ‘crucial gender dimensions’ in Darfur 
The UN chief on Monday, commended an award-winning Kenyan peacekeeper for her gender-mainstreaming work while serving in the restive Darfur region of Sudan.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: Refugee ‘Russian Woman’ in bid for Eurovision glory
Manizha Sangin arrived in Russia as young refugee, when her family fled the violence of the civil war in Tajikistan. Today, she is a high-profile singer, representing Russia in the final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with the song “Russian Woman”. Ms. Sangin is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), and a domestic abuse activist. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘Spirt of unity, partnership and collaboration’ needed to realize Sudan’s aspirations
Moving from Sudan’s current fragile transition period towards stable civilian rule, requires a continued “spirt of unity, partnership and collaboration”, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.   (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Sexual violence survivors in DR Congo caught in crisis of ‘catastrophic magnitude’
On a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr. Natalie Kanem, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, bore witness to the horrific legacy of sexual violence in the country, which is undergoing one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts
Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent UN experts said in a report published on Monday, citing low levels of prosecution and conviction as factors.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Tanzania helpline calls time on child marriage and abuse
Child marriage continues to affect many young girls across Tanzania, in East Africa, but now a series of interventions supported by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) are allowing children to get the support they need to avoid unwanted and potentially damaging relationships. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Afghanistan:  Top UN officials strongly condemn ‘heinous’ attack on girls school 
Two senior UN officials on Wednesday, condemned in the strongest terms, a terrorist attack targeting girls and their families outside a high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UK ’s 85% family planning aid cut will be devastating for women and girls says UNFPA, while UNAIDS also'deeply regrets' cuts
The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship UN family planning programme this year, will have devastating consequences for women and girls and their families across the world, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) said on Thursday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - April 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news