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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November 2021
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The collective mark will help consumers select fishery and seafood products that help protect the nation’s marine resources and improve the livelihoods of workers in its fisheries sector.
November 2021
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Action 2030 Blog
The UN has been working with Uruguay for more than 70 years. Over several decades, Uruguay has actively taken part in developing global agendas, and it tends to be one of the first nations to ratify international treaties and agreements regarding the promotion and protection of human rights.
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2030 Agenda and the SDGs
October 2021
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Announcement
Scaled-up investments in local food systems are critical to ensure sustainable food security and nutrition for forcibly displaced people and host communities, three UN agencies say, ahead of World Food Day on 16 October.
September 2021
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Deeply diverging recoveries will undermine trust and solidarity and make the world more vulnerable to future crises, including climate change
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September 2021
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UN country teams worldwide are showing up in the fight against COVID-19. Below, we highlight some of the recent coordinated efforts.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
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September 2021
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Chanel Bernard, 29 years-old, is from Pestel, a township in Haiti's Grand'Anse department, located some 80 kilometers from the city of Les Cayes. The 90,000 inhabitants of this town nestled between the sea and the mountains live according to the rhythm of the market days—Wednesdays and Saturdays— and the flow of ships unloading their goods from neighbouring cities into the port.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
September 2021
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Action 2030 Blog
By its magnitude, its duration and the changes it has generated, the COVID-19 pandemic has very quickly proved to be a multidimensional crisis, affecting the health, social, economic and human spheres of our societies.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
COVID-19
September 2021
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Action 2030 Blog
Celebrating the UN’s 75th anniversary last year, prompted major internal discussion about its future, and a new direction away from the post-World War Two consensus of its early days. These reflections have resulted in Our Common Agenda, a landmark new report released today by the UN Secretary-General, setting out his vision for the future of global cooperation.
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Sustainable Development Goals
August 2021
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Adisa's schedule to make sure water is available at home required her to travel some 1.5 kilometres to fetch from a stream. After a hectic day, walking to get water was another strenuous task. Today, Adisa, a 28-year-old mother of five, no longer rushes from work.