"SMALL ENTERPRISES"

Approving $3.12 billion programme budget, General Assembly adopts 26 resolutions, 2 decisions, as main part of seventy-sixth session concludes.

The Government of Italy has made an additional (USD) 2 million contribution to fund the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP) that seeks to boost job creation, access to economic opportunities for women and youth, development and strengthen governance to boost economic growth in Somalia. UNSOM

The second in a series of videos on women leaders around the world, this feature takes place in Mali. Despite the dangers in areas such as Mopti and Gao, there are also encouraging signs of progress.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that as many as 1.6 billion of the world’s two billion informal economy workers are affected by COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures and face the "dilemma of choosing between dying from hunger and dying from the disease." ILO

Using natural materials, refugee women in Jordan’s largest refugee camp are making locally produced soap and giving it away to families in need to help prevent COVID-19. The women are trained by UNHCR as part of the Made in Za’atari project which focuses on training women. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) says that businesses with genuine gender diversity, particularly at senior level, perform better, including seeing significant profit increases. ILO

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Press conference on new initiatives to empower micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) as engines of job creation, innovation and sustainable growth.