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A city safe for women is safe for all: Women’s voices lead at World Urban Forum in Cairo
One of the main messages conveyed by women leaders, activists, young people and others gathered for a discussion on Wednesday…
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World Cities Day calls for youth-led local change
Despite international progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cities, particularly in the Global South, continue to grapple with…
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251 million children still out of school worldwide, UNESCO reports
Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school…
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Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia
Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological…
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The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake
The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can…
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A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia
Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace with nature” and shore up a plan to stop habitat…
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Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings
More than a billion people worldwide live in acute poverty and 40 per cent are in countries exposed to violent…
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WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger
Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, was celebrated in more than 150…
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Two billion women without access to social protection
A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to…
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‘Africa must continue to rise,’ says General Assembly President
To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN General Assembly President on Monday emphasised Africa’s potential and the…
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