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Cutting disaster risk will boost equality, improve resilience

·October 16, 2023·2 min read

According to various estimates, up to 75 per cent of extreme weather events are currently connected to climate change, fuelled by carbon emissions. The countries experiencing the greatest losses from disasters are those who contribute the least to the problem. UN figures reveal that from 1970 through 2019, some 91...

Equality among states is non-negotiable, France says at UN

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·September 22, 2023·2 min read

Focusing a large portion of her address to the General Assembly on global hotspots and the situation in Africa, Ms. Colonna said that: “We believe in African solutions to African crises, and we support African regional organizations whenever they request support from their partners,”. In Niger, France thus supports the...

UN teams up with FIFA at Women’s World Cup in score for gender equality

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·July 20, 2023·2 min read

The tournament is expected to be watched by more than two billion people – the largest audience for a single women’s sport in history – offering an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements in all sports and advocate for gender equality more generally. Women players continue to struggle with fewer professional...

UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs

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·July 12, 2023·2 min read

“Halfway to the 2030 deadline the Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track,” he warned. “Gender equality is almost 300 years away. Progress on maternal health and access to family planning has been glacial.” World Population Day is commemorated annually on 11 July and this year’s focus is on unleashing...

Century-old call for equality resonates today

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·June 10, 2023·2 min read

Both share an emphasis on the rights and freedoms of all people. The exhibit Kahlil Gibran Returns to New York After 100 Years was on display at UN Headquarters in April 2023 to celebrate the Lebanese poet and artist. “The Universal Declaration stated that we are all born equal, and...

Gender parity, the only path to gender equality: Guterres

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·December 13, 2022·2 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking at a meeting of the UN Group of Friends on Gender Parity Marking the Fifth Anniversary of his Gender Parity Strategy – a key priority of his first term in office, that remains so now. He said it was “vital for the United Nations to represent the...