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

·April 13, 2023·3 min read

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...

UNICEF warns of deepening inequalities in Europe and Central Asia

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·March 10, 2023·2 min read

The report on children’s rights is the first of its kind to bring together existing data and analysis for all countries in the region, while highlighting critical data gaps that need to be filled. Data deficit UNICEF Regional Director Afshan Khan said the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, climate change...

WHO launches bid to tackle inequalities behind global breast cancer threat

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·February 4, 2023·2 min read

Each year, more than 2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the most common cancer in the world affecting all adults, according to WHO. Although a limited number of high-income countries have been able to reduce breast cancer mortality by 40 per cent since 1990, for women...

Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS

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·November 29, 2022·3 min read

The study shows how gender inequalities and harmful gender norms are blocking the end of the AIDS pandemic, with rising new infections and continuing deaths in many parts of the planet. Last year, 650 000 people died from AIDS and 1.5 million acquired HIV, the virus that causes the disease....