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Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID. Zalingei: 7 March 2019, Under the theme: “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change”, UNAMID celebrated the United Nations International Women’s Day with a colorful event that included cultural performances, Hakamat traditional dances and a Darfuri women…

Torit women want to be respected and valued. “I cannot be the only one, surely there are other educated young women in Torit!” protested Flora Sebit, a representative of the youth wing in the women leaders’ association. Ms. Sebit’s outburst came during a radio discussion on Radio Miraya, which…

Upstairs in a room above the municipal hall in Abbassiyah, south Lebanon, a group of women participates in a mediation and conflict resolution workshop. The room is animated and lively as the trainer from the Professional Mediation Center of Saint-Joseph University triggers discussions, group work…

A military parad for the Women’s Day in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Martha BIONGO Goma, the 8th of February 2019 – The women in North-Kivu were on the Spot light with an impressive crowd from the start to finish during the commemoration of the International Women’s 8 March 2019 in Goma. The impressive…

UNSG message on the tragic plane crash in Ethiopia that left deaths. Dear colleagues, This is a very sad day for the United Nations. As you may know, today's tragic plane crash in Ethiopia claimed many lives, including several of our own UN colleagues from multiple organisations of the UN system. We…

UNAMID photo. On 7 March 2019, UNAMID State Liaison Functions (SLFs) and UNDP, in collaboration with East Darfur Prison Administration, concluded a two-week training program for 45 in-service Government of Sudan (GoS) prison officers focused on human rights approach in prison operations and the…

UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters organized a training on self-defense to female members of the Lebanese security agencies at its base near Marjayoun, south-eastern Lebanon, last week. Female security personnel from Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the State Security (SS) attended the…

Residents of the Deng-Nhial area in Rumbek County are jubilant. “The presence of a police post in Deng-Nhial will help us reduce crime,” says Ms. Yom Derkeny, adding that “law and order will prevail in our community.” The construction of a new community law enforcement station is financed by the…

Participants at a cattle migration conference in Duk Padiet in Greater Jonglei have decided to maintain peaceful relations with their neighbours despite some attacks having taken place in the area. “We resolve to live at peace with our neighbours, just as we have done over the past years, but we…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has transported more than 20 displaced persons from its protection site in Wau to their homes in Leer, in the Unity region. The new arrivals, mostly women and children, are determined to make a positive mark. “We feel it is a good time for us to take the…

They show up from virtually nowhere. No pre-announcement of their arrival is needed. When the team of Bangladeshi troops-cum-veterinaries serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan appear, any wise livestock owning individual better line up to have his or her animals treated. People in…

“The children we enlist in the military are our own children, and we destroy them if this [practice] continues. We must respect them. They must not be allowed to lose their childhoods.” James Adol Acholl, is one of 50 soldiers belonging to the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces attending a two-day…