Tapping the Economic Potential of Women

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum celebrates International Women’s Day by reiterating its commitment to prioritize and promote the role of women in the economy through...

Tech Companies Take Down 3 Million Online Listings for Trafficked Wildlife

Online technology companies in the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online reported removing or blocking over 3 million listings for endangered and threatened species and associated products...

More support key for counter-terrorism in Africa, where ‘misogyny is at the heart of so many’ groups

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for greater international support to African countries in their continued fight against terrorism and violent extremism, particularly in parts of the Sahel, the Lake...

Explainer: European Coordinated Response on Coronavirus

What is the Commission doing to ensure adequate supply of protective equipment and medicines across Europe? The Commission is taking all necessary steps to ensure adequate...

UN human rights chief: Racism and xenophobia are ‘contagious killers’ too

The coronavirus outbreak may have forced millions around the world already into “social distancing”, keeping a metre apart to prevent its spread, but it will not...

Von der Leyen on Coronavirus response: EU to be determined and united

Announcing today European measures to counter the economic impact of the Coronavirus, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would...

Democracy is sliding away in Myanmar, warns top rights investigator

Daily fighting in Myanmar, widespread internet blackouts and reporting restrictions, indicate that the shift to more democratic rule is “sliding away”, a senior UN-appointed independent rights...

World Economic Forum Convenes Global Business for COVID Action Platform

The dramatic spread of COVID-19 has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide. But the sum of many individual actions by stakeholders around the world will...

Reassessing EU-Turkey relations

Concerns over fundamental rights and action in Syria have led to a rethink of EU-Turkey relations. What is the status of the cooperation? On 10...

ADB Provides Assistance to Combat COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a $600,000 grant from the Health System Enhancement Project to the Government of Sri Lanka to finance preventive and...

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