UN predicts restrictions on women’s rights will worsen economic catastrophe — Global Issues

UN predicts restrictions on women’s rights will worsen economic catastrophe — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The Afghanistan Socio-Economic Outlook 2023, released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), provides an overview of the fallout resulting from the takeover of Afghanistan by its present-day de facto rulers, the Taliban, in August 2021. Immediately after the Taliban assumed power, the Afghan economy collapsed, accelerating Afghanistan’s decade-long slide into…

Gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing world $1 trillion: FAO — Global Issues

Gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing world $1 trillion: FAO — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Over one third of the world’s working women are employed in agrifood systems, which include the production of food and non-food agricultural products, as well as related activities from food storage, transportation and processing to distribution. But in a new report, FAO says that gender inequalities such as less access…

Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan — Global Issues

Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan — Global Issues

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Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe underfunding, the move would “further undermine humanitarian partners’ ability to support the population, especially the most vulnerable such as women and girls”. “The world cannot abandon the people of Afghanistan at this precarious moment,” Dr. Alakbarov insisted, before…

Top officials strongly condemn Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN — Global Issues

Top officials strongly condemn Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In statements on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres was joined by deputy chief Amina Mohammed, in describing the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women, as a violation of their inalienable fundamental human rights. “It also violates Afghanistan’s obligations under international human rights law, and infringes on the principle of non-discrimination,…

Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN — Global Issues

Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN — Global Issues

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“Our colleagues on the ground at the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members of the UN from working,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told reporters at UN Headquarters during the regular daily briefing….

UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment — Global Issues

UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment — Global Issues

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“A more gender-responsive mission builds trust with the communities they serve and improves its effectiveness,” said UN Women’s Executive Director Sima Bahous at the start of the event. She also highlighted the vital role women play in today’s multifaceted peacekeeping missions and stressed the need to ensure the equal participation…

Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America — Global Issues

Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America — Global Issues

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On Mar. 22, 2023, dozens of people watched a live broadcast from San José, Costa Rica, on a large screen at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, of the open hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, listening to the testimony of witnesses in the Beatriz v….