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When Christine Wani was a young girl, all she wanted was an education. However, financial hardships did not allow her to fulfil her dream. Today, this remarkable woman runs a business supplying construction materials across…
On 8 March 2022, MINURSO commemorated International Women’s Day under the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. At Mission HQ in Laayoune the Acting Head of Mission, Nick Birnback, led a ceremony and…
- Human Rights
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere. We celebrate their contributions to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Their ideas, innovations and activism that are changing our world for the better. And…
- Special Coordinator
I am deeply concerned by the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This past week, daily violence has claimed the lives of six Palestinians, including one child, and 26…
There was plenty of joy to be had when women, and some men, got together to discuss the ever-important rights of women in all spheres of life. Photos: Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS UNITY STATE – “Gone are the days when women…
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack perpetrated yesterday against a logistics convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)…
JUBA – In the lead up to today’s International Women’s Day, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) ran a weeklong mobile awareness campaign in Juba, the capital city, with a single aim: To highlight the need for…
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated against MINUSMA on 7 March 2022 near Mopti, following which two peacekeepers from Egypt were killed and four wounded. The members of…
EASTERN EQUATORIA - Christine Lado Wani runs an unusual business in Torit, Eastern Equatoria: She sells construction material. “I know it's strange to see a woman selling wooden planks, bamboo and other sundry items,” she…
UNITY STATE – “Gone are the days when women could not participate in dialogue and negotiations,” says Marien Nyarek Gatjiek, female leader at the camp for internally displaced persons in Bentiu. Befitting her positive…
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated against MINUSMA on 7 March 2022 near Mopti, following which two peacekeepers from Egypt were killed and four wounded. The members of…
On the 8 th of March UNITAMS joined the whole world in celebrating the International Women’s Day, which 2022 theme is “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”. The Mission celebrated the day amongst women and girls…