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UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population
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A world of news from the world organization.
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World saved some 90 million children but likely to miss global target, UN agency reports
Global and national efforts to end preventable deaths of children under-five years of age saved some 90 million lives in the past two decades, but at the current rate, a universal promise to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 will not be reached, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
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New chief of UN Women highlights girls' education as priority to combat poverty, boost development
Facilitating access to education for women and girls is vital to lift millions out of poverty and must be a priority for Governments and international organizations, the head of the United Nations entity tasked with advancing gender equality said today.
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DR Congo: UN says more than 550 child soldiers freed in past five months
More than 550 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have left armed groups in the past five months, the United Nations humanitarian relief arm today announced.
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Countries in conflict must boost measures to protect children from violence - UN official
With millions of children unable to go back to school this year because of conflict in their countries, a senior United Nations official today called on the international community to step up measures to protect them from armed violence.
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UN survey of men in Asia-Pacific reveals high levels of sexual violence in region
A common motivation of men who have admitted to rape is the belief that they are entitled to sex even without the female partner's consent, according to a newly released United Nations study of some Asia and Pacific countries, which urges greater measures to end impunity for men who use violence against women and girls.
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Iraq: UN agency airlifts supplies for Syrian refugee children, families in Erbil
The United Nations children's agency is scaling up its assistance to thousands of Syrian refugee children and their families in the Kurdistan region of Iraq where tens of thousands of families arrived in recent weeks.
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Syrian conflict hits tragic milestone: one million children now refugees, UN agencies say
Three years of bloodshed in Syria have driven one million children from their homeland, United Nations agencies said today as they marked this “shameful milestone” by urging the entire international community to do more to help end the conflict and protect the well-being of “a generation of innocents.”
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