"WORKING CONDITIONS"

A new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report provides a comprehensive picture of the status of women not only in agriculture, but across agrifood systems, providing extensive data about gender in agrifood systems, with particular focus on how women participate in and benefit from socio-economic opportunities. UNIFEED

On the occasion on World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing the expanded scope of the WHO Director-General’s (DG) Flagship Initiative on tuberculosis over the period from 2023 to 2027 to support fast-tracking progress towards ending TB and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent working conditions. ILO

Faltering global employment growth and the pressure on decent working conditions risk undermining social justice, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 report. ILO

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General.

Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG), Director-General Mariano Grossi said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is “untenable” and called for “the urgent establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone.” IAEA

Upon his return from Ukraine, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the physical integrity of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant “has been violated, not once but several, several times.” IAEA

Encouraged by truce extension in Yemen, Special Envoy highlights goal of expanded accord leading to durable ceasefire, as he briefs Security Council.

According to a new report by the International Labour Organization, recovery in youth employment is still lagging, which confirms that the COVID-19 pandemic has hurt young people more than any other age group. ILO

With the movement of population on the rise, it is important that countries get prepared to respond to the urgent needs that the health sector might confront, a WHO expert warned the day the UN agency launched its first world report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO