22/06/2020
(UN News)* — Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because of higher costs linked to lockdowns and COVID-19 border closures, UNAIDS said on Monday [22 June 2020].
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucke | One-year-old Lighton receives her pediatric HIV medicine at the same time at home every day in Mbarara, Uganda.
In a call to countries and manufacturers to take pre-emptive action now, the agency said that both the production of generic antiretroviral drugs and their distribution are threatened.
Millions of people could be at risk – particularly in developing countries – if they go without treatment, both to themselves and others from an increased chance of HIV transmission, according to the UN agency.
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22/06/2020
22 June 2020 (United Nations)* — The loss of a partner is devastating. For many women around the world, especially in developing countries, that loss is magnified by a long-term struggle for their basic needs, their human rights and dignity.
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Women and children are seen in the widows camp. In the refugee settlement of Balukhali, over 116 widows, orphans, and women who have been separated from their husbands have found shelter within a dense settlement of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed. UN Women/Allison Joyce.
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The pandemic has just worsened the situation during the past several months with a devastating human loss, and one that is likely leaving tens of thousands of women newly widowed at just the time when they are cut off from their usual socio-economic and family supports.
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22/06/2020
UN Secretary-General is calling for immediate support for at-risk workers, enterprises, jobs and incomes in a new Policy Brief on the World of Work and COVID-19, prepared with the ILO.
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22/06/2020
20 June 2020 (UN Environment)* — Something’s got to give.
The world’s population is growing in size and wealth and shifting toward urban areas, driving the demand for food and clothing. Land is being converted and degraded, with disastrous effects on human health and the environment. In the absence of serious and imminent change, the next generation will inherit a planet that has been damaged and plundered, and many will suffer unnecessarily–from hunger, malnutrition and preventable disease.
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In this interview, James Lomax, a programme manager with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), discusses the transformation required to meet the demands of a growing world population with diminishing resources.
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22/06/2020
Geographical Indications help celebrate countries’ rich food heritage
Geographical Indications (GI) create pathways to sustainable development. GIs are a way to preserve local know-how, traditional knowledge, natural resources and biodiversity, supporting local economies and boosting income for smallholder farmers around the world. ©EBRD-FAO/Nikoloz Mchedlidze
19 June 2020 (FAO)* — The origins of the word sulguni, a salty, soft cheese made from fresh cow or buffalo milk, stem from ‘suli’ and ‘guli’ meaning ‘soul’ and ‘heart’ in Georgian. This cheese, a fixture on nearly every Georgian table, could not be more aptly named.
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21/06/2020
From the cult of the vegetation god Osiris in ancient Egypt to the summer solstice celebrations in Sardinia, Italy, to the Maronite feast of Eid el Burbara in Lebanon and the ceremonies of the Piramalai Kallar in Tamil Nadu, India, the symbol of the sprouted seed plays a central role in many rituals. Wheat, barley, or lentil sprouts are also at the heart of Nowruz – the New Year of the peoples who were once part of the Persian Empire – celebrated each spring by around 300 million people worldwide. But why are the shoots thrown into the water?
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Celebration of Nowruz in Iran.
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21/06/2020
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees. UNESCO/© Dominique Fournier 2012
21 June 2020 (UN)* – Culture is the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs.
Thus, culture is at the heart of contemporary debates about identity, social cohesion, and the development of a knowledge-based economy.
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21/06/2020
By Tim Gaynor*
As forced displacement tops 79.5 million, Filippo Grandi urges UN Security Council to use its authority seek peace and inclusion for the displaced. |Español | Français
A Congolese family pose for a photo in Tshikapa in the Kasai region of south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo in November 2019. They had recently returned from Angola as security returned to their region. © UNHCR/John Wessels
GENEVA (UNHCR)* – Ending conflicts around the world that are driving unprecedented global displacement is not just a moral imperative but critical for international stability, the UN’s refugee chief on 18 June 2020 told a top UN body.
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21/06/2020
The UN celebrates the sixth annual International Day of Yoga on 21 June, recognizing the ancient practice as a holistic approach to health and wellbeing, and a powerful tool for dealing with the myriad stresses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic
Winnie Witt | Jon Witt, a yoga teacher, practicing therapeutic yoga postures in Jersey City, USA.
21 June 2020 — (UN News)* — Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India and is now practiced in various forms around the world.
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The word “yoga” derives from Sanskrit and means “to join or unite”, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness.
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21/06/2020
21 June 2020 (UN News)* — “Conversion therapy” is built on the false premise that it can alter the sexual orientation of gender diverse people, and many more countries around the world need to recognize its “dehumanizing” and deeply corrosive impact, according to a UN
report that’s before the UN Human Rights Council this month.
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Matheus Affonso | Matheus Affonso considers himself an “LGBT photographer” and believes it’s important to “portray a population that is often invisible inside the favela”, or slum area.
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