From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia

From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia

Fleeing armed conflict is frightening, forcing people to escape violent clashes and leave behind their homes, schools, and daily lives in a desperate search for safety.


Every day, UN human rights officers are on the frontlines to support them.

They are part of the UN’s field work, talking to those most affected by conflict and monitoring how human rights principles and international humanitarian law obligations are being respected in situations of conflict and insecurity; like in Garowe, Somalia, where nearly 75,000 men, women, and children have fled to safety from nearby armed clashes amid a conflict that has already displaced as many as 200,000.

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New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

A new UN report launched on Monday revealed no improvement in the level of prejudice shown against women over the past decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide, still holding such biases.


“Half of people worldwide still believe men make better political leaders than women, and more than 40 per cent believe men make better business executives than women,” according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report.

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EU may give Tunisia more than €1bn in aid to help finances and stem migration

EU may give Tunisia more than €1bn in aid to help finances and stem migration

Ursula von der Leyen says €900m will be macrofinancial assistance while €105m will help combat people-smuggling

Lisa O’Carroll Brussels correspondent @lisaocarroll

 

The European Union is considering providing more than €1bn (£850m) in aid for Tunisia to rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.

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Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations

Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations

The UN on Friday announced that following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, an entire unit of 60 peacekeepers from Tanzania formerly based in the western part of the Central African Republic (CAR), is to be repatriated.


UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents that the decision to send the unit home had been made by the Secretariat in New York, following consultations with the peacekeeping mission in CAR, MINUSCA.… Read the rest

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