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How the U.S. promotes gender equality around the world
UNESCO recognizes October 11 as International Day of the Girl Child to promote girls’ empowerment and human rights. Above, girls attend a class in Kolkata, India, February 11. (© Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto/Getty Images) The United States works with international partners to advance gender equity and equality around the world. Speaking on the sidelines of the U.N.…
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4 Reasons The US Is Back on Track With Global Health
As is true with each new presidential administration the global health community hangs in the balance. According to KFF.org the US global health funding was set at $11 billion in FY 2019 and in 2020 the funding was significantly decreased. This funding goes towards programs in more than 70 countries for HIV, malaria, maternal and…
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As the UN finally Admits Role in Haiti Cholera Outbreak – Here is How Victims Must be Compensated
Rosa Freedman, University of Reading and Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, University of Birmingham The United Nations has, at long last, accepted some responsibility that it played a part in a cholera epidemic that broke out in Haiti in 2010 and has since killed at least 9,200 people and infected nearly a million people. This is the first…
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What Are the UN Global Goals?
Asghar Zaidi, University of Southampton At the end of one of the largest summits at the United Nations headquarters in New York, government representatives from all over the world will sign a commitment to new global development goals. These will replace the millennium development goals, setting objectives for bringing peace and prosperity, and reducing the…
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An Update on the Sustainable Development Goals + Key Dates
Today the United Nations released their final assessment (PDF) on the eight Millennium Development Goals that were adopted fifteen years ago. Some of the goals have achieved greater global impact than others. However, the fact remains that more people are not living in poverty, less mothers and infants are losing their lives during childbirth, more people…
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Featured Photo: Back to School Campaign in Sudan
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
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Expert Panel Draws Up International Code in Response to Reported Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse
An international expert panel of leaders convened today in New York City to launch the Code Blue campaign demanding an end to sexual abuses by UN peacekeeping forces and the automatic immunity they are afforded when abuses occur. In recent weeks a scathing, formerly classified, report: Sexual Abuse on Children by International Armed Forces, was leaked…
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The Next #HeForShe Initiative Launches in Davos
Last September Emma Watson, UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, helped launch the UN Women’s #HeForShe global campaign that calls upon men and boys to stand up against gender discrimination and to help women gain parity economically, politically, and socially through everyday actions and a commitment to change. Now Watson is in Davos, Switzerland at the annual World Economic Forum…