On 07 May 2020 the UN launched the updated COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan. The COVID-19 Global HRP is a joint effort by members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), including UN, other international organizations and NGOs with a humanitarian mandate, to analyse and respond to the direct public health and indirect immediate humanitarian consequences of the pandemic, particularly on people in countries already facing other crises.Continue reading COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL – APPEAL FOR GLOBAL CEASE-FIRE
Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19.
The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly.
Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world.
The most vulnerable — women and children, people with disabilities, the marginalized and the displaced — pay the highest price.Continue reading THE SECRETARY-GENERAL – APPEAL FOR GLOBAL CEASE-FIRE
The Secretary-General’s Message for the International Day of Peace
This year we mark International Day of Peace as we prepare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This foundational document is a reminder that peace takes root when people are free from hunger, poverty and oppression and can thrive and prosper. With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asContinue reading The Secretary-General’s Message for the International Day of Peace
Empowering adolescents through Girls’ Clubs
By Angelique Reid, Communications Specialist, UNFPA Sierra Leone PUJEHUN, Sierra Leone, 20 August 2018 – Sierra Leone ranks as the 18th country with the highest prevalence of child marriage globally, with 38.9 percent of girls married before age 18 among 20-24 years, and 12.5 percent married before age 15 among 20-24 years (DHS, 2013). SierraContinue reading Empowering adolescents through Girls’ Clubs
