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Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Aug 22 (IPS) - The war in Tigray, northern Ethiopian, led to sexual and gender-based violence against women, but when Hilina Berhanu Degefa, researcher, gender policy expert and co-founder of the Yellow Movement AAU, appeared before the UN Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict last year, and catalogued the problems that the victims of the war faced, it didn’t shock the world.
Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Spain, Aug 22 (IPS) -El Castellar - For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to growing her chicken business is a lack of access to health services. But not for herself or her family – for her animals.
Quran Burning: Rage, Ignorance and Prejudice
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 22 (IPS) - Qur’an burning has become a symbol of intolerance and “Islamophobia”, especially in some Western countries. Following the public burning of a Quran in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque on June 28 during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival, a copy of the Qur’an was set on fire in the Danish capital on 24 July. Naturally, these events provoked protests from Muslims all over the world, including in Sweden and Denmark. The Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is “extremely worried” that such protests could result in more burning of the Quran – thus creating a vicious circle – as the Swedish police received a large number of applications for anti-Islam protests.
UNs Annual Culture of Peace Forum Remains Derailed-- & Civil Society Bypassed
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (IPS) - 14 June has become a black day for the UN High Forum on The Culture of Peace (HLF-CoP) convened by the successive Presidents of the UN General Assembly since 2012.
Eastern DRC: UN food aid hangs in the balance amid severe funding crunch
- UN News
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by ongoing political instability and armed conflicts, severely impacting the entire food supply, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
UNFPA reveals winners of AccessAbility innovation challenge
- UN News
Four organizations working with young people with disabilities are the winners of the first AccessAbility innovation challenge held by the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
- UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh.
AI tools like ChatGPT likely to complement jobs, not destroy them: ILO
- UN News
ChatGPT is not coming for your job and might even enhance it, experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report published this week.
Libya: Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation
- UN News
Recent deadly clashes between two largest armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscore the dire security situation there and are undermining preparations for elections slated for later this year, the top UN envoy for the country said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of former officials
- UN News
In Afghanistan, hundreds of former government officials and members of the armed forces have allegedly been killed despite assurances from the Taliban of an amnesty, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday.
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