UN Human Rights

  Childhood After Atrocity Crimes: Hope for Peace, Dignity and Equality Civil Society Briefing Date: 4 February 2021 Time: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST The briefing will examine the approaches taken to support children who survived the Holocaust and will consider how these approaches contributed to models adopted for contemporary practice for working with [...]

ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19 The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment. Read more...  

Visit UN Sustainable Development Goals for information on climate change, equity, the impact of urbanization on communities, economic and more https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/decade-of-action/ UN Sustainable Development is hoping that we accomplish our roadmap, and indicates that we together will be able to deliver what we want for all people and for our planet. UN Secretary General has [...]

The UN Sustainable Development Goals address the global challenges that we are facing and introduce seventeen goals as a roadmap to achieve by 2030 to help us eliminate poverty, hunger and more For More information Visit: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ And click on any specific goal to learn more about each issue. No Poverty Zero Hunger, Good Health [...]

UN Sustainable Development: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases New HIV infections in 2013 were estimated at 2.1 million, which was 38 per cent lower than in 2001 HIV is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age worldwide TB-related deaths in [...]

MARCH 2017 Report from: unaid.org The First Lady of Benin has launched a foundation to improve the lives of the most vulnerable women and children in the western African country, nestled between Nigeria and Togo. The foundation will work under the umbrella of six core values: solidarity, the family, respect for differences, integrity, humility [...]

UN Sustainable Development reports:Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality.Children healthChildren born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the [...]

Key facts Gender norms, roles and relations can influence health outcomes and affect the attainment of mental, physical and social health and well-being. Gender inequality limits access to quality health services and contributes to avoidable morbidity and mortality rates in women and men throughout the life-course. Developing gender-responsive health programmes which are appropriately implemented [...]