Introduction The global agenda on conflict and peacebuilding has drastically changed over the past fifty years. If the twentieth century agenda was dominated by conflicts between national states,...
Operational Context Sexual and Gender Based Violence continue to remain a key protection concern in the Cameroonian operation which holds 58,415 refugees as at end of June with children making up to...
The twentieth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) is in October 2020. It is a landmark resolution on women’s role in peacebuilding, but progress on women’s rights and leadership...
Right to Be Named on Identification Cards A Boost for Equality During Peace Talks Heather Barr Interim Co-Director, Women's Rights Division Afghanistan’s president has signed a new law that will, for...
SC/14305 The international community must swiftly step up support to change the course of spiralling violence and growing humanitarian needs across South Sudan, a civil society representative and the...
Maternal mortality is decreasing globally, but not fast enough and with critical inequalities across the regions of the world. Dying while giving birth is not only an unacceptable human right...
By Megan O'Donnell, Alex Farley-Kiwanuka and Jamie Holton As the COVID-19 pandemic and global recession exacerbate resource constraints with outsized consequences for women and girls, there is an...
HIGHLIGHTS “Due to this pandemic, I have faced a lot of challenges having to stay 4 months away from family. However, as a humanitarian I feel proud to be a part of the Sector’s COVID-19 emergency...
The U.S. government has exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to further eviscerate humanitarian and human rights protections for immigrants and people seeking asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border. Since...
Foreword Building a More Gender Equal World As I write this foreword, like many of my United Nations (UN) colleagues around the world, I continue to work from home due to the COVID-19 crisis...