
In the News: Friday, 18 September 2020
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the SDG Moment 2020 Source: UN Women This year marks the 25th anniversary of

Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the SDG Moment 2020 Source: UN Women This year marks the 25th anniversary of

Policy brief: A feminist foreign policy Response to COVID-19 Source: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The COVID-19 pandemic knows no borders. It further knows no gender, class, or

UN Security Council Briefing on South Sudan by Nyachangkuoth Rambang Tai Source: NGO WPS Working Group Nyachangkuoth Rambang Tai, representing the organization Assistance Mission for Africa, was invited to provide

UN welcomes Afghan talks with the Taliban, urges cease-fire Source: The Washington Post The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday welcoming the start of negotiations between Afghan representatives

UN peacekeeping chief outlines reforms needed to keep operations fit-for-purpose Source: UN News Over the next 10 years, the world could well be transformed by potentially lethal new technologies, climate

Event highlighting that programming in a COVID-19 context must be alive to the contextual reality we find ourselves in and account for the gendered dimensions.

Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council Expresses Grave Concern about Increase in Attacks on Schools, Underlines Education’s Contribution to Peace Source: ReliefWeb The Security Council today urged Member States to develop

Panellists discuss how UNSCR 1325 was meant to increase women’s participation in the decision-making processes as well as preventing violence.

Sudanese Women Sign Declaration for ‘Strategic Feminist Coalition’ Source: Dabanga Women members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu) and

Coronavirus – South Sudan: International Organization for Migration (IOM) and RedR UK Report closing the gap in Women’s Rights and Opportunities in Humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Response in South