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Ramadan: UN chief calls for solidarity as month of giving begins
Celebrated by millions of Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time “to come together, bound by our common humanity”,…
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Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan
The UN food agency in Afghanistan announced on Friday that a lack of funds has forced deep cuts to life-saving…
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Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears
Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the “most repressive country in the world [for] women’s rights”, the senior UN official in…
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Afghanistan still a grave humanitarian crisis, senior aid official says
Climate change and the economic downturn continue to fuel the crisis in Afghanistan, and there have been no “encouraging developments”…
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78 million children don’t go to school at all, warns UN chief in call for action
A staggering 78 million girls and boys around the world today “don’t go to school at all” because of conflict,…
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Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations
A UN-led group of humanitarians are hoping that the Taliban will allow Afghan women to again work with non-governmental organizations…
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UN deputy chief reminds Taliban: Islam does not ban women from education
The UN must present “a united front” in the fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed…
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Afghanistan: Collapse of legal system is ‘human rights catastrophe’
The ongoing collapse of the rule of law and judicial independence in Afghanistan is “a human rights catastrophe”, UN-appointed independent human…
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Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights
The UN deputy chief and head of UN Women have conveyed a direct message to Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership calling on them…
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Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO
Barring girls and young women from classrooms in Afghanistan could wipe out huge gains made in education and create “a…
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