20/04/2019
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The number of countries regarded as safe, where journalists can work in complete security, continues to decline, while authoritarian regimes continue to tighten their grip on the media.
The RSF Index, which evaluates the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories every year,
SEE THE MAPHEREshows that an intense climate of fear has been triggered — one that is prejudicial to a safe reporting environment.
The hostility towards journalists expressed by political leaders in many countries has incited increasingly serious and frequent acts of violence that have fuelled an unprecedented level of fear and danger for journalists.
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20/04/2019
Over 1,000 health facilities destroyed or damaged: UNICEF vaccines cold chain equipment arrives in country
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TEHRAN, 19 April 2019 (UNICEF)* — Devastating flooding in three quarters of Iran’s provinces has affected 10 million people, of whom 2 million are severely impacted and 500,000 displaced – half of them are children.
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Over 1,000 health facilities and 1,000 schools have been destroyed or severely damaged forcing 100,000 children out of school and depriving thousands of essential healthcare.
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18 April 2019 (UN Women)* — Milena Zindovic is an urban planner and gender expert and member of the Association of Women Architects in Serbia. Zindovic, with the support of UN Women studied current waste management practices in Serbian households to understand the role of women in both waste creation and management.
Milena Zindovic. Photo: UN Women/Elif Gulec
The study will be used by UN Women to create targeted campaigns to raise awareness of waste management and climate action among women and their communities.
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20/04/2019
UNITED NATIONS, New York (UNFPA)* – Reproductive rights and choices have become a reality for more women than ever, says UNFPA’s flagship report, State of World Population 2019, released on 10 April 2019. Yet despite these gains, vast numbers of women around the world are not empowered to make fundamental decisions about their own bodies.
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Marta Paula, from Guinea-Bissau, was hospitalized when she gave birth at 13. Doctors were worried she might die. Today, she calls for young people to have access to family planning. © UNFPA/I. Barbosa
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20/04/2019
How whole genome sequencing is helping decode the risks to our food
Food trade can improve the availability of nutritious food and compensate for poor harvests or other disruptions in food supply. Yet, with heightened global trade, there are an increasing number of challenges in keeping food safe. ©bee cappy/shutterstock.com | Photo from FAO.
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20 April 2019 (FAO)* — Food is evolving. Meal-replacement beverages, 3-D printed pasta and meat grown in laboratories… These are just some of the paths it is taking. Whatever our take on it, as food changes, so will our need to define its safety.
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The former Brazilian president was removed from office in proceedings considered a coup by political organizations and analysts / Agência Brasil/Archive 
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