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KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day.
KABUL - This week’s feature examines day-to-day problems faced by families who return to Afghanistan after years spent living in refugee camps outside the country.
KABUL - There is a long way to go before the rights of Afghan women are fully protected, says a United Nations report released today, noting that the Government has not yet succeeded in applying a two-year-old landmark law to the vast majority of cases of violence against women.
GARDEZ - Based on a request from the Paktya University Chancellor, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) office in the Southeast Region donated electronic equipment and furniture valued at US$ 15,000 for female students at a local university.
NEW YORK - Innovative agricultural approaches will be crucial to respond to increasing competition for water and energy resources, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), calling for more integrated planning and policies that protect small farmers and pro
NEW YORK - Increasing economic and social disparities pose a threat to children’s rights, Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon said today, stressing that much more needs to be done to safeguard millions of young people around the world.
NEW YORK - Civilians are bearing the brunt of conflict in several countries, the United Nations top humanitarian official said today, reminding parties to such disputes of the their obligation under international humanitarian law to respect non-combatants and to protect them from
NEW YORK - An Afghan women’s rights campaigner and a Palestinian peace activist are the winners of a United Nations award recognizing their outstanding contributions to the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, the UN announced today.
KABUL - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) chief today reiterated that the agency’s work in Afghanistan is purely humanitarian in a visit meant to honour staff killed in last week’s attack in the southern city of Kandahar.
NEW YORK - Environmental degradation could undermine local and international security by reinforcing and increasing grievances within and between societies, the United Nations Environment Protection Agency (UNEP) has said, marking the International Day for Preventing the Exploita