WHO URGES ACCELERATED ACTION TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH
To mark World Health Day, the World Health Organization issued an urgent call for accelerated action by leaders and all people to preserve and protect health, and mitigate the climate…
BOYS FACE SIGNIFICANT RISK OF NOT COMPLETING EDUCATION
Although girls have more difficulty accessing education and make up the majority of out of school children at primary level, boys face increasing challenges at later stages, according to UNESCO’s…
WORLD HEALTH DAY
World Health Day is celebrated annually on 7th April and marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948. Each year draws attention to a specific…
FEWER THAN HALF OF COUNTRIES ARE IMPLEMENTING LEARNING RECOVERY STRATEGIES
Statement by UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini, UNICEF Director of Education Robert Jenkins, and World Bank Global Director for Education Jaime Saavedra: “More than two years into the…
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE STILL BREATHE UNHEALTHY AIR
Almost the entire global population (99 per cent) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits and threatens their health. A record number of over 6,000 cities in 117 countries…
UNDP AND UN WOMEN LAUNCH THE GENDER JUSTICE PLATFORM
The United Nations Development Programme and UN Women have launched the Gender Justice Platform to leverage their partnership on gender justice. Since 2020, UN Women and UNDP have joined together…
UN REPORT SOUNDS ALARM ON WIDENING DISPARITIES IN ASIA PACIFIC
The need to reach those who are furthest behind has never been greater, reveals the 2022 Asia and the Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report issued by the United Nations Economic and…