December 2021
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During the pandemic, violence cases against women increased significantly in Honduras. The country has the highest femicide rate in the Latin American region.
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December 2021
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“He told me he was in love with me and was planning to propose to me soon,” says Layla* about her relationship with the head of a company she worked for in Morocco. “I trusted him.” But mixed in with the declarations of love was coercion and violence...
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
December 2021
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Every year around the world, thousands of volunteers from dozens of professional backgrounds join missions in different UN agencies to work in the field. All volunteers serving across 150 countries and territories are coordinated by an agency called UN Volunteers, or UNV for short.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
December 2021
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Guljahan Tanalova has her hands full.
She is raising a son alone, and she is coordinator of a new project providing social services for people with disabilities in the city of Ashgabat, in Turkmenistan. She herself has a disability resulting from a musculoskeletal disorder.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
December 2021
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"After raping me, he told me that I was still a child, and he threw me outside. This is the first time I have told anyone because I was scared to say something before." And so, 12-year-old Elisabeth's childhood was forever changed.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
December 2021
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Announcement
The United Nations Country Teams from Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina recently completed a ten-day mission by visiting several communities in the largest dry forest in the world and the second-largest forest biome in South America: the Gran Chaco, which extends over an area of over 1,14 million square kilometres, distributed in central and northern Argentina, southeastern Bolivia and western Paraguay.
December 2021
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Maman Sylvie, who lives in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), believes that being diagnosed as HIV positive should not be the equivalent of a death sentence, and has dedicated her life to helping people with HIV in the Republic of Congo.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
November 2021
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Story
UN teams are tirelessly working with authorities and partners to respond to the ongoing pandemic and other multifaceted challenges across the globe. Today, we highlight some of the coordinated efforts.
COVID-19
November 2021
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Kumkum Patel stands in front of a group of schoolmates and teachers gathered in a classroom in southern Nepal, telling them all a story she has heard. Beyond the story itself – a cautionary tale about choosing one’s friends wisely – it is Kumkum’s confident stance and clear voice that make an impression.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
November 2021
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Action 2030 Blog
More than a million people in Burkina Faso have been displaced from their homes, victims of ongoing conflict and poverty. Nevertheless, following a recent visit to the central and northern regions of the country, Barbara Manzi, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Burkina Faso, says she met a resilient people keen to find their own solutions, to a better future.