This report makes clear that there is a path to end AIDS. Taking that path will help ensure preparedness to address other pandemic challenges, and advance progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The data and real-world examples in the report make it very clear what that path is. It is not... a mystery. It is a choice. Some leaders are already following the path—and succeeding. It is inspiring to note that Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe have already achieved the 95–95–95 targets, and at least 16 other countries (including eight in sub-Saharan Africa) are close to doing so.
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Child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) threaten the well-being of millions of girls around the world. Both have existed for generations, as manifestations of gender inequality, and have been propagated by discriminatory norms that devalue girls. In many countries where both child marriag...e and FGM are common, girls most at risk for each practice tend to share certain characteristics, such as low levels of education, rural residence, and living in poorer households. Yet, there are distinct differences in what drives each practice, and many communities in which one may be common, will not practice the other.
This report seeks to identify the extent to which child marriage and FGM co-exist. The intersection of these two practices – that is, the share of women who underwent FGM and were married in childhood – is reviewed over time, to determine whether girls’ likelihood of experiencing both practices has changed across generations. Lastly, the analysis identifies the characteristics that most commonly distinguish the girls who experience one practice from those who experience both.
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19 juillet 2017 Communiqué de presse Genève/New York
This flipchart is a visual support for community workers, health workers, emergency workers, and in general all staff conducting face-to-face communication in response to a cholera outbreak.
How to use it?
The flipchart is intended as a support for animating individual or group discussions on ...life-saving practices.
To facilitate involvement of communities for an effective response to the outbreak, this flipchart should be used to provide information and stimulate discussion, rather than to “pass messages”.
An integrated communication approach
The flipchart should not be used alone; effective communication strategy involves the use of a variety of channels and actors. It will be critical to integrate face-to-face discussion with other channels such as local radios, schools, mosques, churches, etc., and to associate different actors such as technical experts, community representatives and opinion leaders to animate them.
In emergency context it is critical not only to stimulate discussion but also to create mechanisms for interaction between communities and service providers such as regular meetings, participation to radio broadcasts or visits by community representatives to health posts; these mechanisms need to be carefully catered for with appropriate planning and resources.
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Un nouveau livre d'histoires visant à aider les enfants à comprendre et à accepter le COVID-19 a été publié.
Avec l'aide d'une créature fantastique, Ario, "My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19 !" explique comment les enfants peuvent se protéger, protéger leur famille et leurs amis c...ontre le coronavirus et comment gérer des émotions difficiles lorsqu'ils sont confrontés à une nouvelle réalité qui change rapidement.
Disponible en plusieurs langues
Ce livre - qui s'adresse principalement aux enfants âgés de 6 à 11 ans - est un projet du Groupe de référence du Comité permanent interorganisations sur la santé mentale et le soutien psychosocial dans les situations d'urgence, une collaboration unique entre les agences des Nations unies, les organisations non gouvernementales nationales et internationales et les organismes internationaux qui fournissent un soutien en matière de santé mentale et de soutien psychosocial dans les situations d'urgence.
Disponible en plusieurs langues
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Progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (A/HRC/33/53) (Advance edited version)
Space-based information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response: The "United Nations Platform for Disaster Management and Emergency Response" was established by the United Nations General Assembly through its resolution 61/110 of 14 December 2006. In its resolution, the General Assembly agree...d to give the acronym UN-SPIDER to this programme. UN-SPIDER is implemented through the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA).
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Дитячий фонд ООН (ЮНІСЕФ) доставив на Полтавщину критично важливу гуманітарну допомогу на 800 000 доларів. 340 тон гуманітарного вантажу мають покрити потреби більш як ...півмільйона мешканців Полтавcької області.
Велика частина вантажу - товари медичного призначення: акушерські та гігієнічні набори, бинти, глюкоза, інфузійні та аспіраційні помпи, портативні реєстратори електрокардіографії, портативні апарати ультразвукової
діагностики, пульсоксиметри.
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This brief provides a snapshot of child protection interventions by UNHCR and its partners during the pandemic, covering community engagement, case management, alternative care and capacity building. In addition to working with children and communities, UNHCR also engages with authorities through po...licy advocacy in the context of COVID-19, such as to end immigration detention of children.
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This publication provides an overview of UN Women’s commitments to the humanitarian community guided by the “UN Women strategic plan 2022–2025”. It highlights areas where UN Women has a unique advantage in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the humanitari...an–development–peace nexus, and in contributing to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee priorities, including localization and accountability to affected people.
The strategy adopts a two-pronged approach:
strengthening accountability towards gender commitments in coordination and implementation of UN-led humanitarian and refugee responses, and
strengthening comprehensive protection and livelihoods support to crisis-affected women and girls.
While taking these approaches, UN Women prioritizes amplifying women’s voices, leadership, and agency as a critical and enabling cross-cutting area.
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KEY INDICATORS (AS OF 31 AUGUST)
905,831 Refugees and asylum seekers registered in Ethiopia
59% Percentage of refugees below the age of 18
36,135 New arrivals registered in Ethiopia in 2018
Pakistan, one of the countries that is most vulnerable to climate change, received more than three times its usual rainfall in August 2022. Torrential rains and flash-flooding began in early July 2022, severely damaging living areas, schools and other communal buildings in refugee villages and host ...communities. Unprecedented and unrelenting rainfall and flooding in late August 2022 worsened the already fragile humanitarian situation. Nearly 1,700 people are reported to have died, and over 12,800 were injured, including at least 4,000 children
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