‘The hospital has nothing’: Pakistan’s floods put pregnant women in danger
A third of the country is under water and a UN fund says almost 650,000 women in affected areas need maternity services rying, vomiting and eight months pregnant, the young…
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Whose Database Identified Thousands of Enslaved Laborers, Has Died at 93
Searching through forgotten records, she collected data on more than 100,000 individuals In the 1980s, while conducting research at a courthouse in Louisiana, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall discovered a book written…
Lewis Hamilton lines up with UNHCR in equality drive for refugee children’s education
In the report, All Inclusive: The Campaign for Refugee Education, data compiled from more than 40 countries highlights a disturbing disparity in the quality of education provided to refugees compared to…
A week of big decisions for Israeli politicians: LISTEN to Election Overdose
A small story that was published on the Egyptian website Sut El Umma at the start of September has created a huge stir in the country’s media circles. The story…
U.S. Returns Coin From Jewish Revolt Against Romans to Israel – Israel News – Haaretz.com
An extremely rare, nearly 2000-year-old silver coin from the period of the Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans was returned to Israeli officials on Monday following a joint operation by…
Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty – U.N. report
GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any given day,…
UN chief views ‘unimaginable’ damage in visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas
António Guterres calls for ‘massive financial support’ in wake of disaster that has killed at least 1,391 people The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has visited several areas of…
UN “Confident” Of Raising Funds To Rescue Stricken Yemeni Tanker, Averting Huge Spill
The United Nations says it is “confident” that it will soon raise enough money to mount a rescue operation for a decaying oil tanker moored off the Yemeni coast which…
UN rights council credibility at stake over China, Russia response
Faced with allegations of grave violations in China and Russia, the UN body created to address rights abuses seems paralysed by uncertainty on how to respond. The UN Human Rights…
Nigeria: UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons
Ending a 12-day visit to the country, Claudia Mahler, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights for older persons, said that as well as ageism and age-discrimination, even…
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