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Explore UN Women’s FAQs on how gender affects migration experiences.
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. Photo: UN Women Cambodia/Women Migrant Workers participatory photography projectLearn about the unique challenges that migrant women and girls face and how these differ to those men experience, from limited access to information and services to risks like trafficking, exploitation and violence.
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Autonomous weapons are also being deployed in Ukraine and were on show at a recent military parade in China. States are racing to integrate them in their arsenals, convinced they’ll maintain control. If they’re wrong, the consequences could be catastrophic.
Unlike remotely piloted drones where a human operator pulls the trigger, autonomous weapons make lethal decisions.
A new global synthesis report and refugee voices from East Africa and the Middle East warn that reductions in humanitarian footprints risks breaking the refugee protection system.
Sahrawi refugees walk near the Awserd Refugee Camp in the Tindouf Province of Algeria. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
– The global refugee system is entering a period of deep strain. The delivery of protection and assistance is undergoing a transformation due to funding cuts, institutional reforms, and shifting donor priorities.
Nearly half of the world’s 304 million international migrants are women, representing 38.7 per cent of the global migrant labour force.
“Corruption breeds disillusion with government and governance… Corruption can be a trigger for conflict,” notes António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General.
“As conflict rages, corruption prospers. And even if conflict ebbs, corruption can impede recovery.”
Below, find out how corruption can exacerbate conflicts and impede sustainable peace plans – and how the United Nations is working to strengthen integrity, the rule of law and anti-corruption measures in peacekeeping and peacebuilding contexts.
Last year, one in five people who dealt with a public official were asked to pay a bribe, according to a UN report.
The world is doing something about it.
(Beirut) – Qatari government clients and other major businesses are failing to pay contractors on time for projects, leaving migrant workers unpaid, Human Rights Watch on 14 December 2025 said.
More than half the world’s population still lacks access to essential health services..And a quarter of them face financial hardship when paying for health care out of their own pockets, often at the expense of food, education or housing..
The Security Council in session. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
“I don’t think”, he declared, “anyone in his right mind will ever want that job”.
Fast forward to 2026.
As a financially stricken UN is looking for a new Secretary-General, who will take office beginning January 2027, the USG’s remark in a bygone era was a reflection of a disaster waiting to happen.
Statement by Maureen Magee, Global Director of Field Operations, at the Norwegian Refugee Council, commenting on the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2026:
“2026 is set to stretch humanitarian responses to their limit as they seek to support people with the most severe needs around the world.
“Next year, 239 million people will be in need of humanitarian assistance and protection. Humanitarians are aiming to reach just over half of them.
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