"EQUALITY"

UN Women will launch its new report “Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19”. The new data shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has further intensified gender-based violence. UNIFEED

The fifth national Governor’s Forum opened in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday. Its main aim is to bring together leaders from all 10 states and develop mutual priorities designed to advance the quest for a sustainable peace in the world’s youngest nation. UNMISS

UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes said there is a need for a “new deal” in the United States for “comprehensive national human rights legislation to prevent the increasing exclusion [and] discrimination, and also [to] attack hate speech and hate crimes” experienced by minorities. UNIFEED

Political will along with arms control management critical in stemming illicit trade of small arms, light weapons, speakers tell Security Council.

Political will along with arms control management critical in stemming illicit trade of small arms, light weapons, speakers tell Security Council.

Adopting political declaration, General Assembly pledges greater action to end human trafficking, warning COVID-19 pandemic has increased risk for vulnerable groups.

Adopting political declaration, General Assembly pledges greater action to end human trafficking, warning COVID-19 pandemic has increased risk for vulnerable groups.

Speaking to reporters today in New York, UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous said, “the Spotlight Initiative’s rapid action to adjust its programs during the pandemic provided 650,000 women and girls with quality essential services. It emphasized and supported continuous comprehensive service delivery during periods of lockdown.” UNIFEED

UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner, and Ambassador of the European Union delegation to the United Nations Olof Skoog, brief reporters on the launch the Spotlight Initiative's impact report for 2020-2021, 'Rising to the challenge'.

In South Sudan’s Upper Nile town of Malakal, the UN peacekeeping mission (UNMISS) conducted a training to emphasize the full and equal participation of women in security and rule of law apparatus across the country as a vital tool in safeguarding the rights of women and girls. UNMISS