'Unseen' News and Views
Pihcintu is more than a choir – it has been a second family for over 300 girls and young women who found safety in the United States.
34 girls and young women from Pihcintu choir singing at UN headquarters in New York. © UNHCR/Andrew Kelly
On the occasion of International Migrants Day, the ILO premieres a new documentary that aims to challenge common perceptions about migrant domestic workers.
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BEIRUT, 18 December 2018 (ILO)* – Like millions of others, Soma, now 57, left her home, friends and young children to become a domestic worker and provide for her family.
Some 30 years later, she travelled to her home village in Sri Lanka with Nour Sidani, the 24-year-old Lebanese woman she helped raise.
How much do you know about healthy eating?. Let dietary guidelines steer your choices.
Eating habits start young. By providing advice on nutrition, dietary guidelines empower families to take charge of their own diets and health. ©FAO/Mia Cusack
22 December 2018 (FAO)* – Diets vary greatly from place to place based on food availability, eating habits and culture. Yet, when it comes to food, there is a lot that we know about what is and what is not good for us and this is true no matter where we live.
After the Nicaraguan Government announced that it has asked two key human rights institutions to leave the country, the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, said on 21 December 2018 that she was “extremely alarmed” by a decision that means, in effect, there will be “no functioning independent human rights bodies left in Nicaragua”.
21 December 2018 – Women in Hoi An city in Viet Nam are profiting from rubbish and other waste while helping to create a more sustainable urban environment, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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