15/06/2020
By Hilde F. Johnson, Norway’s Former Minister of International Development*
15 June 2020 (Wall Street International)* — The Corona crisis could lead half a billion people into poverty. That is 8 percent of the world’s population. This according to a new UN report. COVID-19 risks becoming a major accelerator of poverty.
The report is based on data from the World Bank and presents three different scenarios and their impact on poor households. In all of them, global poverty will increase and the fate of poor people around the world will worsen.
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15/06/2020
14 June 2020 (UN News)* — A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN, who report directly to Secretary-General António Guterres, and who are African or of African descent, have put their names to a personal and hard-hitting statement published on Friday
[12 June 2020], expressing their outrage at pervasive and systemic racism, highlighting the need to ‘go beyond and do more’ than just offering condemnation.
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Hazel Plunkett | An impromptu memorial for George Floyd, who was killed after being restrained by police, has been set up in Harlem, New York City.
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15/06/2020
Around one in six older people face abuse worldwide. Despite this fact, elder abuse remains invisible.
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15 June 2020 (UN)* — Emerging evidence is showing violence, abuse and neglect of older people has increased since the outbreak of COVID-19. We’ve also seen many cases reported in the media.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is an opportunity to raise awareness of the problem and influence key people to stop it. Join us on 15 June to expose elder abuse.
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15/06/2020
Left: A market vendor sells produce at Victoria Market in Port Victoria, Seychelles. Right: Christine Banlog has been a market woman for 22 years. She is now 64, widowed, and raising her three grandchildren in Nyalla, a locality in the city of Douala, Cameroon. UN Women/Ryan Brown
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