Caption: In Indonesia, a “Show Your Sign” campaign poster promotes the International Day of People with Disabilities.We were very . With the interest in learning and using sign language shown by people across Indonesia for this campaign Indonesian Sign Language is an official language and we hope that some people will be in starting to…
Sanaka Samarasinha, UN Chief Executive Officer in Fiji, said: “At the beginning of the implementation of the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy, we realized that the UN in the Pacific was really inaccessible to people with disabilities. disability. Assuming There is doubt our responsibility and opening the door to criticism from our partners in the national…
In light of the recent World Disability Summit, where world leaders came together to agree and commit to what needs to be done to ensure the realization of the rights of people with disabilities, let us take a moment to reflect on the For a more contributions that UN country teams and partners are making…
The limited opportunities that currently exist on the continent have during the COVID- pandemic and other ongoing crises to conflict and climate change. efforts are to address violence against women The rise in violence and girls , especially as countries and communities plan to recover and rebuild from the pandemic. Two Ethiopian girls wearing headscarves…
Certificates for girls and boys aged – in Ntui and Yoko, Cameroon. In this photo, two girls proudly display their newly issued birth certificates, opening the doors for them to attend school, take national exams and apply for a national ID cardPhoto: © Ryan Brown/UN WomenDespite these advances and constitutional guarantees, a report by the…
With less than a decade left to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on gender equality and women’s empowerment , the commitment has yet to be into action on the ground. Given its broad impact, this goal is widely Africa: Building a as a sustainable solution to address Africa’s greatest challenges and is also an. Similarly…
Coalition for Carbon Neutrality. I firmly believe that can be a different year: the year we took the big leap towards carbon neutrality. Every country, every city, every financial institution and every company must adopt plans to transition to net-zero emissions by , and I encourage the largest emissions generators to step up and take…
In this context, the recovery from the pandemic opens an opportunity. Hope is already on the horizon in the form of a vaccine. But there is no vaccine for the planet. Nature needs a rescue. As we overcome the pandemic, we can also avoid climate cataclysm and restore our planet. This is an epic test…
Hurricanes, part of the most intense period of such storms in recent years. Last year, disasters of this magnitude cost the world $ billion. Lockdowns in response to the COVID- pandemic have temporarily reduced emissions and pollution. Carbon dioxide levels, however, not only remain at maximum levels but are increasing. In , carbon dioxide levels…
Secretary General’s speech at Columbia University: “Not to mince words: the planet is broken.” Dear friends: This meeting is held in an unusual format as the last month of this unusual year begins. We face a devastating pandemic, levels planet is : Humanity is waging war against nature. That is a suicidal attitude. Nature always…
But the pandemic has also exposed a huge gap in access to those tools, including large gender disparities. The world entered the digital age decades ago, but a fundamental challenge remains: bridging the digital divide. Our goal is for everyone, everywhere to have affordable, effective and secure access to the Internet by and for all…
Rights violations and violence between different communities continue, in a context of complicated efforts to restore constitutional order and implement the peace agreement. In Afghanistan, violence does not stop, although peace negotiations suggest the possibility of ending decades of conflict. None of these situations can be resolved militarily. I urge all Member by extremist States…
