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In Myanmar, the COVID-19 lockdown has laid bare the stigmatization, discrimination and harassment faced by many LGBTQI people, particularly in rural areas. The United Nations is working to support those people.

Below, we highlight what UN teams across the world are doing to strengthen the fight against COVID-19 as of 10 July 2020.

Azerbaijan 

In Azerbaijan

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and the social distancing measures, UN Women is providing urgent support to more than 5,700 Syrian refugees in Za’atari and Azraq.

In her native Somalia, designer Nimco Adam was known as the Queen of Tie Dye, spending hours plunging fabrics into vats of chemical dyes to use in her

April was an eventful month in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The Lao new year. The approach of the rainy season and, with it, malaria and dengue. The arrival of a new disease, COVID-19. The upending of daily life and business. Taken together, these challenges are potentially disastrous. However, longstanding partners are finding ways to continue delivering vital health services to those who need it most.  

UN teams worldwide continue to support with the environmental and socioeconomic recovery of the most vulnerable communities. Today, we highlight the

Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their

Asha Maalim, a returnee explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is casting a dark cloud over her hope for better life.