06/02/2020
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 2020 (IPS)* – Counter-terrorism efforts adopted by governments around the world in response to threats of terrorism are affecting children negatively in numerous ways, a report by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist) claimed last week.
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06/02/2020
4 February 2020 (UN News)* — Rising instability and unpredictable geopolitical tensions have led to a “wind of madness” across the world, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday [4 February 2020] during his main annual press conference for journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.
UN Photo/Mark Garten | Secretary-General António Guterres briefs journalists on his priorities for 2020 and on the work of the organization.
Following recent flare-ups in some hotspots, the UN chief observed that although de-escalation efforts indicated progress, the situation has now changed.
“I have spoken about winds of hope. But today a wind of madness is sweeping the globe. From Libya to Yemen to Syria and beyond — escalation is back. Arms are flowing. Offensives are increasing”, he said.
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06/02/2020
4 February 2020 (UN News)* — “My flesh has been taken away, but I can never give away my heart”; those are the powerful words of resolve from Abida Dawud, one of three women survivors of female genital mutilation, or FGM, from Ethiopia, who have been speaking to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) about their experiences.
Sara Elgamal for UNFPA | Abida Dawud, a survivor of female genital mutilation, walks in the Afar desert of northern Ethiopia.
The three women, all from the Afar Region of the Horn of Africa country, tell their stories in the hope that they can empower others in their communities to help bring an end to FGM.
The practice which involves injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons is internationally recognized as a violation of women’s human rights.
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06/02/2020
UNITED NATIONS, New York, February 2020 (UNFPA)* – Around the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a time of joy and romance. Yet for millions, fairy tales of love and marriage are just that – fiction. Hundreds of millions of women and girls alive today were married off while still children. Many were exposed to violence, forced from school and pushed into premature parenthood.
Raneem Abras, a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, was approached about becoming a child bride. Her family refused, and instead she became an advocate against child marriage. © UNFPA Lebanon/Sima Diab
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06/02/2020
Indigenous and tribal communities are around three times more likely to face extreme poverty than others with women “consistently at the bottom of all social and economic indicators”, UN labour experts said on Monday [3 February 2020]. (*).
ILO/R. Lord | Women walk in the street in La Paz, Bolivia.
Highlighting new data showing that disproportionate numbers of indigenous people live on less than $1.90 a day – 18.2 per cent versus 6.8 per cent of non-indigenous people – the International Labour Organization (ILO) insisted that millions are being held back by a “spectre of poverty”.
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