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Human Rights

Children with disabilities more exposed to abuse and violence

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet spoke at a Human Rights Council event highlighting how disabled youngsters a...

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Human Rights

WEF data shows it will take 202 years to close the divide in the workplace

The world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, UN Global Compact’s Executive Director Lise Kingo spoke to the UN New...

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Sustainable Development

UNFPA conducts classes to raise awareness on gender equality

Fatime Ali Abakar from the single-sex Lycée de Bol School in Chad told the UN News, “We spoke about puberty and periods and looked...

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Health

Workplace challenges for breastfeeding mothers

According to a survey, one in three breastfeeding mothers have been forced to use a toilet to express milk during work. More than half highligh...

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Hollywood

Set in rural India, ‘Period. End of Sentence’ wins Oscar 2019

The 91st Academy Awards ceremony that honoured the best films of 2018 was held on February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre i...

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Gender

‘Gender pay gap wider than last year,’ reports BBC

A research done by BBC found that in 4 in 10 companies the pay gap between the middle-earning woman and the middle-earning man had si...

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Be a responsible and green traveller

The idea of caring for our planet may seem like common sense to the indigenous tribes of the world who live in close connection to Earth. Likew...

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Sustainable Development

UN-supported rainwater harvesting helps students perform better

Bagamoyo, a town in Tanzania, East Africa faced a pathetic condition due to rising sea levels, drought, reduced rainfall which made the drinkin...

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Sustainable Development

Melinda Gates and Jack Ma lead UN Panel to discuss the risks and benefits of the Digital Age

The UN chief António Guterres called for a key discussion with the global decision-makers and influencers to highlight the growing ...

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Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst’s statue unveiled in Manchester

A statue of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has been unveiled at St Peter's Square, Manchester in front of thousands of people. It is said to be...

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