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UN Greets the Adoption of Robust Blueprint to End Women’s Poverty

By Caroline Mwanga

NEW YORK | 23 March 2024 (IDN) — UN Member States have pledged to boost financing and institutions to eradicate women’s and girls’ poverty. The outcome document (or Agreed Conclusions) of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) points out that women and girls living in poverty become ‘shock absorbers’ in times of crisis, and that further efforts are needed to increase resources to address women’s and girls’ poverty.…

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Sudan Will Soon Be the World’s Worst Hunger Crisis

By Edem Wosornu

The author is the Director of Operations and Advocacy of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Following are extensive excerpts from his Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

NEW YORK | 21 March 2024 (IDN) — In resolution 2417, you asked the Secretary-General to report swiftly to you when the risk of conflict-induced famine and widespread food insecurity arose in armed conflict.…

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UN Health Agency Warns of Imminent Famine in Gaza

By Jaya Ramachandran

GENEVA | 18 March 2024 (IDN) — The situation in Gaza is catastrophic, and northern Gaza faces imminent famine. According to the latest analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership released today, the rest of the Strip is also at risk. Over a million people are expected to face catastrophic hunger unless significantly more food is allowed to enter Gaza.…

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Multilateral Development Banks Play Crucial Role in Financing Global Public Goods

By José Antonio Ocampo and Karla Daniela González, Columbia University

This article was first published in the 2023/2024 UNDP Human Development Report Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarized world on 13 March 2024.

NEW YORK | 14 March 2024 (IDN) — There is broad-based agreement among the United Nations and the Group of 20 (G20) and in the proposed Evolution Roadmap of the World Bank that multilateral development banks should provide financing to support developing countries’ contribution to global public goods.…

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UN Commission Asked to Focus on “Horrific Violence” Against Women in Tigray War

By Caroline Mwanga

NEW YORK | 12 March 2024 (IDN)— Julia Duncan-Cassell, Former Liberian Minister of Gender and President of the Brussels-based European External Programme with Africa (EPA), has highlighted the urgent need for action regarding the proliferation of conflict-related sexual violence in an Open Letter to the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).…

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Let Us Strive to Build a Gender Equal World

By Anwarul K. Chowdhury

Ambassador Chowdhury is a former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN.

NEW YORK | 9 March 2024 (IDN) — This year’s International Women’s Day is being observed as two major wars are making their vicious attacks on the aspirations of peaceful peoples of the world for a safer, saner and sustainable planet.…

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One in Every Ten Women in the World Lives in Extreme Poverty

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK | 8 March 2024 (IDN) — In a world facing multiple crises that put enormous pressure on communities, achieving gender equality is more vital than ever. Ensuring women’s and girls’ rights across all aspects of life is the only way to secure prosperous and just economies and a healthy planet for future generations.…

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UN’s Lagging Development Goals Need a Sense of Urgency

By Simone Galimberti*

KATHMANDU, Nepal | 6 March 2024 (IDN)—The latest Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) was recently launched in Bangkok. As usual, it was a mix of official interventions by ministries from the whole region and a wide-ranging array of exciting side events organized mainly by civil society in partnership with United Nations agencies and programs. (P32) Italian | Japanese | Korean | Portuguese | Spanish | Turkish

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إنتاج الدواجن المالاشية يساعد أنت على بناء القدرة على التكيف مع حدث المناخ في زيبابوي

بواسطة فاراي شون ماتياشي
هراري | 9 يناير 2024 (IDN) — عندما حتى الآن كما بيتر مانجانا للجفاف قبل أكثر من عقد من الزمن ، شعر بالاكتئاب وواجه تكلفة في إطعام منذ في قرية بهاسكيتي في موينيزي جنوب _ زيبابوي .…

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