United Nations Radio

doctor checking patient

In Mwanza, the second largest city in Tanzania, Edna Matasha is working to help women to become more comfortable in seeking health care and learning how to protect themselves from AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. She was at the UN recently where UN Radio's Nuba Elamin sat down to ask her about handling sensitive issues in traditional societies where cultural taboos often restrict women from leaving their homes to seek medical care. Nuba began by asking Edna Matasha how they had come to choose the name Jifahamu, Kiswhahil for "know yourself".

girls playing football

Using sport to stop violence against women
Being a refugee is hard enough, but if you're a woman who's been uprooted from her home and subjected to violence, you probably feel doubly desperate. In a Ugandan refugee camp, UNHCR and the International Olympic Committee have teamed up to bring sports to young women and men as we hear in this report from the UN refugee agency.

The new President of the Economic and Social Council shares her vision for the work ahead

Sylvie Lucas

Ambassador Sylvie Lucas of Luxembourg, has been elected President of the UN's Economic and Social Council, known as ECOSOC. She is only the second woman to hold this post. Bissera Kostova sat down with Ambassador Lucas and asked her about the Council's agenda for the year, which will be dominated by the theme of public health.

Producer: Diane Bailey
Production Assistant: Beng Poblete-Enriquez
Duration: 14'00"