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‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin America | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties.
Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A group of Indigenous youth from the United States, some as young as seven, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week...
From diamonds to dirt: Sierra Leone youth bring land back to life | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of past diamond mining ventures...
Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
First, it was floods that inundated fields and washed away crops. Then, it was drought which led the levels of lakes to plummet and the...
‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since the COVID-19 pandemic, it slid...
UN forum to spotlight health, gender equality, oceans, in critical bid to meet development goals | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, ministers, experts, and civil society leaders from around the world will convene in New York...
Smurf your voice: Global campaign urges everyone to speak up for a better future | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The Smurfs are back – and this time they are smurfing up a global storm. Teaming up with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Paramount...
‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on all fronts and called on the...
First Person: Japanese UN volunteer ‘motivated by the passion of others’ to support peace | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A United Nations volunteer from Japan has said as a teenager he was motivated by the “passion” of young people he met on an exchange...
The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark sustainable development conference concluding this...