COVID-19: Czech Roma community steps up to face mask challenge
When face masks stocks began running low in the Czech Republic, minority communities, including the country’s Roma population, were quick to respond, rallying to make […]
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Low-skilled workers, developing countries at risk of steep economic decline as coronavirus advances
The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may contract even further if restrictions […]
UN refugee agency ‘rapidly adjusting’ the way it works amid COVID-19 pandemic
With COVID-19 already having a significant impact on its field operations, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has outlined a series of measures it is taking to […]
Economic sanctions should be lifted to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by COVID-19 – UN rights expert
As the world exhibits new bonds of solidarity in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is a matter of “humanitarian and practical urgency to lift […]
First Person: Humankind’s ‘modern mentality to tame’ the environment: A volcanologist’s view
The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are […]
Release inmates in Yemen to avert nationwide COVID-19 outbreak, experts urge
An international panel of human rights experts called today for the immediate release of political prisoners and detainees in war-ravaged Yemen to help avert a […]
COVID-19 stoking xenophobia, hate and exclusion, minority rights expert warns
Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic must also include stamping out what one independent human rights expert has called the “darker sides” of the disease: verbal and […]
First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the challenge of caring for kupuna elders
The International Labour Organization (ILO) marked its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The […]
First Person: False promises in Mauritania
Women and girls face particular challenges as migrants, whatever their reason for leaving their country of origin. UN agencies are learning more about these difficulties, […]
First Person: False promises in Mauritania
Women and girls face particular challenges as migrants, whatever their reason for leaving their country of origin. UN agencies are learning more about these difficulties, […]