Tag: UN
For 759 Million People, Power Still a Distant Dream
In recent years, the world saw much progress in electricity but 759 million people still live without power with about half of them living...
World Sees a Much Worsened Soil Pollution, Waste Proliferation
The world, which is already reeling under severe food shortage, will see a worsened situation if soil pollution and waste proliferation are not taken...
Majority of LGBTQI students feel unsafe in schools
More than half of the LGBTQI students experienced bullying in school at least once because of their sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity and...
Only 17 Percent Rivers are Protected
Only 17 percent of the rivers are free flowing and within protected areas, leaving a majority of the freshwater ecosystem highly threatened and risking...
No breaks on Climate change despite Covid 19 slow down
The economic slowdown caused by Covid 19 pandemie failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts, according to a new...
Women denied right to decide whether to have sex
“My body is my own. How many women and girls can freely make that claim?, asks the UNFPA's 2021 flagship State of World Population...
India ships 2 lakh vaccine for UN Peace keepers
India shipped out two lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines last week to inoculate UN Peace Keepers serving in peacekeeping missions across the world.
AstraZeneca vaccines...
A lost decade; development gains for the poor reversed
Covid 19 pandemic is dividing the world more sharply even as the development gains for millions in poor countries are reversed, the United Nations...
Majority of UK Young women face sexual harassment
In a rather shocking survey, almost every young woman in the United Kingdom is a victim of sexual harassment. The survey by the UN...
Indigenous people still struggle for their rights; UN
Despite indigenous peoples living in about 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, several of them still struggle to maintain their legal rights to...
