Tag: united nations
Tutarieva is a fighter for women equality
Coming from a community where men are always considered super powers and where the society thinks that men are the providers and women are...
For Rimu, education is the power of women
For Rimu Sultana Rimu, literacy is always her mission. For this young Rohingya activist now living in one of the world’s largest refugee camps...
Dr Habiba Sarabi, a trailblazing leader of Women rights
A trailblazing leader and one among the four women involved in negotiating peace with the Taliban forces in war torn Afghanistan, Dr Habiba Sarabi...
Bio trade to recover from Covid-19
World leaders have given a call to tap Bio Trade for a better recovery from Covid-19 pandemic as the conservation and sustainable use of...
Covid 19 interrupts efforts to achieve gender equality
Gender equality was always an issue and COVID-19 pandemic has only elevated the divide. The pandemic was “interrupting efforts to achieve equality” and threatening...
7,348 major disasters, 1.23 million lives, 2.97 trillion dollars economic losses
The first 20 years of this century saw a “staggering” rise in climate disasters and “almost all nations” failed to prevent a “wave of death and...
Despite US-UN differences, majority Americans say UN need of the time
Despite differences between the United States and the United Nations, majority of the Americans have opined that the global organisation was still needed today....
UN calls for strengthening universal health coverage
Stressing that Covid 19 pandemic has opened up the importance of strong public health systems and emergency preparedness for communities and economies globally, the...
Providing homes to the vulnerable to be top priority; UN
The United Nations called for urgent action to provide low income families and vulnerable populations with affordable housing with security of tenure and easy...
Achieving gender equality need targeted measures; UN
As the world marked the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action– the most comprehensive roadmap for women and girls’ empowerment,...
