Progress against hunger, poverty hinges on empowering indigenous women – UN agriculture chief
Empowering indigenous women – who have higher malnutrition rates than any other social group and typically earn far less than...
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Top UN advocate sounds alarm over sexual violence crisis in gang-ravaged Haiti
Haiti has been gripped by spiralling gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The subsequent unrest...
Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins
As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over...
Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “appalling killing” of two Israeli embassy officials in the United States capital,...
Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk
Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for...
US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of large numbers of non-nationals...
UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily
The United States has asked the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who choose to return to...
Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis
Costa Rica’s long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of...
Haiti: Displaced families grapple with death ‘from the inside’ and out
Shattered by her husband’s death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six...
UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Guatemala did not follow through on promises to resettle and compensate Mayan...