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Addressing a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, Mohammed said, “in the first five months of this year, more than 100,000 people were displaced by conflict, and we know displacement increases the risk of gender-based violence in all areas.”
Look at various faiths and how religion plays out in the lives of ordinary Americans, from cowboy Christians, to a “freelance” Muslim, to the effect a Thai monk on a cross-country trek has on people’s attitudes toward peace~VOA NEWS
Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan and her recent visit to the country together with the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
After spending last five years fighting for and supporting opposition forces in the Unity region of South Sudan, the young men are facing the challenge of reintegration into their communities and the authorities need to ensure that they are given the support they need so that they don’t return to the armed forces, including access to education
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his Kyrgyz counterpart, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, have met in the Tajik exclave of Vorukh to try and ease border tensions. Violence erupted there on July 22 after Tajiks reportedly raised their national flags on the road which connects the Vorukh exclave with the main territory of Tajikistan
The #MeToo movement has exposed how powerful public figures use sexual harassment against the less powerful. But underreported is how international students in the U.S. deal with harassment on campus. Students from some cultures might face a higher risk because they have been taught not to challenge authority or create conflict
An Iraqi judge ordered the search and arrest of a journalist after he revealed a corruption case involving local justice. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns these trumped up charges against an investigative journalist
Despite the challenges faced, Nyanduga noted that the Federal Government of Somalia and the country’s Federal Member States were enhancing access to basic human rights, including health, water and education for the residents and praised the increasing enrolment of girls in schools as a good development for the realization of women’s rights in Somalia
Up to 3,000 journalists have been laid off in Pakistan over the last year. With the country’s traditional media industry in crisis, some unemployed journalists have started up their own digital outlets while others have left the business altogether
Pakistan’s ruling Tehrik-e-Insaaf celebrated with a cake to mark one year since the election victory that brought it to power. On the other hand, thousands of opposition supporters rallied in the northwestern city of Peshawar to protest against the government of Imran Khan