Since 2021, UN Women has supported 91 local women’s organizations in Myanmar through training on leadership, representation, advocacy skills, and awareness raising on humanitarian decision-making… Read More »Women’s organizations remain at the front line of the crisis response in Myanmar
In the West Bank and Gaza, UN Women and its four implementing partners—all local women-led and women’s rights organizations—provided health, legal, and psychosocial services, as… Read More »Giving a voice to gender-based violence survivors in Palestine
More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying mostly Senegalese migrants capsized off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean.
Belyse Ininahazwe is set to make history as the first woman to coach a top-flight men’s club in Burundi.
A day ahead of a meeting of West African military chiefs to hammer out what a military intervention in Niger might look like, the African… Read More »🔴 Live: African Union and ECOWAS at odds over intervention in Niger on eve of summit
The green, second-hand book kiosks that line the River Seine are beloved by both tourists and locals, but new plans could see the distinctive sheds… Read More »Paris ‘bouquinistes’ resist plans to remove riverside book kiosks for 2024 Olympics
Fierce clashes kill 55 people as many families are left trapped in their homes in Tripoli.
A whale calf was stranded on August 13 near the Moroni port in Comoros. Locals mobilised on a grand scale to rescue the 10-tonne creature,… Read More »Comoros citizens save stranded whale calf
The German government approved a draft law Wednesday legalising the purchase and possession of cannabis for recreational use, with the health minister pushing back against… Read More »German cabinet approves plans to legalise cannabis for recreational use
Sailors from Angola and Morocco are among those looking to use the Sailing World Championships as a stepping stone to Paris 2024.
