With women being paid an average of 23 per cent less than men, the United Nations has launched a high-profile network to call for equal pay for work of equal value. “We want equal pay now,” yelled Academy Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette and two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, leading a […]
At respective interactive dialogues today on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Burundi, Iran and Eretria, senior United Nations independent human rights experts called on the governments to take immediate steps to ensure human rights protection in their respective countries. During the dialogues, member countries of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council – the highest […]
With men still dominating even in countries that consider themselves progressive, the world needs more women leaders and more men standing up for gender equality, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said today. “It is true, I am a man, but we need all men to stand up for women’s empowerment. Our world needs more women […]
Serious security threats in north and central Mali put local populations and humanitarian aid workers at risk, a United Nations human rights expert said today. “One indicator of this growing insecurity is the very high number of closed schools in central and northern parts of the country, which may deprive many children of their right […]
Underscoring that the United Nations should not be, in any way, associated with the vile and vicious crimes of rape, sexual violence, exploitation and abuse, Secretary-General António Guterres has outlined a new victim-centred approach to prevent and respond to such abuses committed by those serving under the UN flag. “Such acts of cruelty should never […]
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned the terrorist attack on a military hospital in Kabul for which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) claimed responsibility. “This egregious and morally reprehensible attack targeted people at their most vulnerable, while they were receiving treatment in the hospital, and also targeted the medical […]