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Human Rights

Trafficked Girl Becomes International Child Rights Activist

An 18-year-old girl, who was trafficked from the remote islands of Sundarbans in West Bengal, is today an international child rights crusader and has been invited twice to ...

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Gender

The Art Project Making Paper Vaginas To Stop Female Genital Mutilation

Paper vaginas are helping to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) by empowering women to be proud of their bodies.
The United Nations Population Fund est...

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Environment

Global Fish Production Approaching Sustainable Limit, UN Warns

Around 90% of the world’s stocks are now fully or overfished and production is set to increase further by 2025, according to report from UN’s food body Global f...

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Health

25 Facts In Observance Of World Population Day July 11

In 1989 the United Nations recommended that July 11 should be the day the international community observes World Population Day, a perfect time to highlight population issu...

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Gender

Investing In Teenage Girls: What Is World Population Day?

There are more young people in the world than ever before. With proper investment in their education and health, they could transform their countries' economies and futures...

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Hollywood

Speakers Announced For Girl Up Leadership Summit

The United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign has announced the speakers for its 5th annual Girl Up Leadership Summit, the only summit that is by girls, for girls. The L...

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Hollywood

Danny Glover Hits Out At Racism

The international community must increase its commitment to fighting Afrophobia and discrimination against people of African descent, United Nations Children’s Fund (...

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Human Rights

UN Makes History On Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

The United Nations Human Rights Council, in a defining vote, adopted a resolution on June 30, 2016, on “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual...

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Sustainable Development

We Can’t Count On Geoengineering To Save Us From Climate Change, Scientists Warn

In December, governments around the world got together and grandly agreed to limit global warming to below 2℃ above pre-industrial levels—with a preference for keep...

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Human Rights

The World Bank Should Champion Human Rights

Much of the evidence supporting the emerging consensus that strong human rights safeguards promote and enhance development has come out of research from the World Bank. Yet...

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