Daily Archives: July 8, 2022
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 01, 2022) — Nearly 30,000 children fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique in June, the highest number of children uprooted in a single month in the past year [i], Save the Children said today. At least 53 people were killed in the districts of Ancuabe, Metuge, Mecufi, Meluco, […]
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 7, 2022)— The number of children receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022 at a Save the Children clinic in Somalia as the worst drought in years tightened its grip on the country, Save the Children said today. In June, doctors […]
GENEVA, 18 March 2022—UNAIDS congratulates Zimbabwe’s parliament for repealing section 79 of the Criminal Law Code, which criminalizes HIV transmission. A new marriage bill adopted by parliament that repeals the criminal code section is to be signed into law by the president. The criminalization of HIV transmission is ineffective, discriminatory and undermines efforts to reduce […]
Kenya’s party primaries recently closed – a process for political parties to select candidates for the various elective seats in August’s General Election. Ann Nderitu, 47, heads Kenya’s Office of the Registrar for Political Parties (ORPP), which is responsible for registration and regulating of country’s political parties. She speaks to UN Women about the importance […]
This video takes you through the 6 outcome areas of the UN Women Strategic Note (2022 – 2025) with the geographical representation of results as told by implementing partners and UN Women beneficiaries, in Uganda. Source: UN Women
“Nearly one in two women reported that they, or a woman they know, experienced some form of violence,” Amina Mohammed said at the Commonwealth says No More Violence Against Women event, taking place as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) gets underway in the Rwandan capital. Pointing to rising incidences at home and in […]
A sharp increase in essential goods in the Central African Republic (CAR) linked to war in Ukraine will likely have a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation there in coming weeks, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Some 2.2 million people are already acutely food insecure in the Central African […]
265% increase in severely malnourished children under the age of 5 in one IRC clinic alone in Somalia between April-May 2022 200% price increase in fuel and malnutrition treatment since outbreak of war in Ukraine, severely impacting aid delivery – 230,000 people already living in famine conditions 7 million of a population of only 16 […]