News headlines in October 2022, page 7
Step up investment to deliver safe drinking water to all
- UN News
Governments must invest more in building safe drinking water systems, both to ensure greater access to this resource and to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a report published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN children’s agency, UNICEF, and the World Bank.
Making cities safer for women: UN report calls for radical rethink
- UN News
Cities have an in-built bias against womenwho overwhelmingly describe them as unsafe and unwelcoming. A UN report released on Monday, calls for a complete overhaul of city design, and for women to be more closely involved in urban planning.
In visit to Viet Nam, UN chief stresses critical need for solidarity to overcome climate crisis
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the importance of global solidarity to combat the climate emergency during his visit to Viet Nam, which concluded on Saturday.
Kenya: UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls
- UN News
Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 years, which is exacerbating the risk of sexual exploitation, violence, and abuse.
India's first solar-powered village promotes green energy, sustainability and self-reliance
- UN News
During his two-day visit to India this week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited a model project site in Gujarat state, which was declared as the country's first solar-powered village. The Secretary-General commended the villagers on the shift towards renewable energy, which he said is not only changing the lives of the community, but such initiatives are also helpful in combating climate change.
‘How I became the first UN video game expert, and landed the best job in the world’
- UN News
Eugenio Gastelum has been obsessed with video games since he was a kid. And now, he’s managed to turn his passion into a career, as the first-ever UN video game expert, using the popular game Minecraft, as a tool to help communities improve their public spaces.
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
- Inter Press Service
RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) - Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) - A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental destruction. No project funded by PDBs should come at the expenses of vulnerable groups, the environment and collective liberties, but should instead embody the voices of communities, democratic values and environmental justice.
Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) - Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, silencing their citizens and emboldening violence by non-state actors.
UN values and principles needed ‘now more than ever’, Guterres says in UN Day message
- UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres has called for renewed hope and conviction in global solidarity in his message for United Nations Daybeing celebrated on Monday.