United Nations Radio

Women: a weekly 14-minute news magazine that looks at issues affecting women around the world

women attending family planning class

The staff of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, was elated, relieved and encouraged by U.S. President Barack Obama's decision on January 23rd to restore funding to the organization. Sarah Craven, head of the UN Population Fund office in Washington, DC, explains to UN Radio's Diane Bailey what the reinstatement of the US contribution will mean to UNFPA.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime donates computers to girls' schools in Afghanistan

female students in Afghanistan

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has donated 60 used computers to the Afghanistan Women and Children's Rights Association for the benefit of girls' schools around Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan. The recipients were very happy to receive the computers. But what is the connection between drugs, crime, computers and girls? I put that question to UNODC's Phillip Kruss.

The Special Court for Sierra Leone and gender crimes

The Special Court for Sierra Leone is an independent judicial body set up to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sierra Leone. While the Court's jurisdiction is limited to crimes committed after November 30th, 1996, crimes committed against women and girls during that time were among the most egregious, as we hear from Judge Renate Winter, President of the Special Court.

Producer: Gerry Adams
Production Assistant: Sandra Guy