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KANDAHAR - Raising awareness about women’s rights and gender-based violence is the aim of a new UN-backed radio campaign in the country’s southern provinces of Zabul, Kandahar and Helmand. Panellists in the radio programmes…

“It will therefore be critical for national actors to implement the provisions in the Conakry Agreement related to the review of the Constitution in order to clarify the provisions that have given rise to inter-institutional…

KHOST - Afghan women and girls must be supported in pursuing their education, stressed panellists in a new series of UN-backed radio programmes broadcast in the south-eastern province of Khost. The programming, supported by…

KHOST - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) together with the Khost Killid Radio station is seeking to raise awareness for gender equality in the workplace. Together, the UN and Killid have produced and broadcast…

KABUL - The following is near-verbatim transcript of a press conference on 6 February about the release of UNAMA’s 2016 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Participants: •UN Secretary-General’s Special…

KABUL - The United Nations called on all warring parties in Afghanistan to take urgent steps to halt the killing and maiming of civilians, as a new UN report issued today recorded the highest ever number of civilian…

HERAT - Raising awareness and promoting women’s access to services are at the centre of a new joint outreach initiative targeting thousands of marginalized women in remote areas of Herat Province. With direct technical…

On my way back from Ethiopia, the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa that for decades has been keeping its borders open to hundreds of thousands of refugees from its neighbours, many times in dramatic security…

[as delivered] Addis Ababa, 30 January 2017 Your Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the African Union, Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African…

MEHTARIAM - At a UN-backed event on women’s participation in peace and sustainable development, community leaders and government representatives gathered in the capital of the eastern Laghman province to stress that women…