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07 May 2024
Around the World: Daily Updates from UN Country Teams- May 2024
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
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11 April 2024
Massive investment and financial reform needed to rescue SDGs
Financing for sustainable development is at a crossroads and without urgent investment, global efforts to achieve a more just and equitable world by 2030 will fail, the UN deputy chief warned on Tuesday.
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08 March 2024
Gender Gaps to Gains: UN efforts for Georgia's Girls and Women
The Resident Coordinator in Georgia leads a multifaceted effort to empower women and girls. From combatting domestic violence to promoting women's leadership in politics and business, the UN supports Georgia in building a more inclusive and gender-equal society.
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07 March 2024
Voices from Viet Nam: Invest in women, accelerate progress
Resident Coordinator of the UN in Việt Nam, Pauline Tamesis, and Representative of UN Women in Việt Nam, Caroline Nyamayemombe, discuss this year’s theme for International Women’s Day: ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’
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15 January 2024
How the UN is helping civilians in Gaza
Despite the immense dangers and obstacles, the UN continues to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid in Gaza. Here is an overview of the humanitarian efforts in the occupied territory.
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Action 2030 Blog
12 January 2024
After COP28: What’s next for Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, where I serve as UN Resident Coordinator, is highly vulnerable to the risk of extreme weather. In line with the Government's climate goals, our UN team works to strengthen natural resource management, climate resilience & environmental sustainability through innovative financing, policy changes, and community projects.
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11 January 2024
Fuel-efficient cooking stoves transform women’s unpaid care work in Tanzania
For Khadija, like many other women in her village in Tanzania, the burden of care work traditionally falls upon their shoulders. UN Women in Tanzania implements programmes that address the disproportionate care burden on women and girls.
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05 January 2024
Promoting equal opportunities and empowering persons with disabilities in Jordan
Meet Samaher, Hasan, Abeer, and Israa, each on their unique path, bound together by a shared resilience.
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Action 2030 Blog
03 January 2024
Revitalizing development coordination in Uganda: An RC perspective
As the world passes the half-way point towards the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many countries are lagging behind in their SDG commitments. Uganda, where I serve as the UN Resident Coordinator, is no exception.
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02 January 2024
Accelerating Decent Jobs and Social Protection: A view from Malawi and Albania
Decent jobs and universal social protection are fundamental building blocks to a resilient economy and a thriving society. Fair paying jobs and social security nets- by way of insurance and pension can help rescue vulnerable populations from further falling into poverty. For transformation at scale to happen, more public and private investments into national social protection systems around the world are needed.
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Action 2030 Blog
20 December 2023
Reaching Those Furthest Behind: Malaysia’s new SDG Trust Fund
Malaysia's journey from an agrarian economy with widespread poverty and deprivation at independence in 1957 to one of the world's best-performing upper-middle-income countries has been rapid.
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Action 2030 Blog
19 December 2023
Climate Action Must Lead to Gender and Social Justice: A View from India
In the grand tapestry of climate change discussions, where policy frameworks and carbon footprints often dominate, there exists a formidable force less talked about that both bears the brunt of climate-induced calamities and holds the key to transformative solutions.
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