United Nations

Congress secures $10 million for cholera in Haiti

In December last year, we posted about the cholera outbreak in Haiti and how the multimillion-dollar UN fund had been blocked, you can read our post here. HAWG (Haiti Advocacy Working Group) published yesterday an article about congressional lawmakers joining forces to secure $10 million...

Journée internationale de la Francophonie et Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie

Nous sommes le 20 mars 2018 et nous célébrons aujourd’hui la Journée internationale de la Francophonie à travers tout le monde francophone et même au-delà. Nous avons à cette occasion publié un tweet afin d’y associer tous nos amis, partenaires, membres, lecteurs et...

International Women’s Day 2018: ‘Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives’

Today is International Women’s Day, it started on February 28, 1909 in  New York, and it’s celebrated in many countries around the world. This special day is a global day celebrating women’s rights and womanhood, and the social, economic, cultural and political...

‘It would be a better world if women felt safe in public spaces’ – By Salma Belhassine, activist from Tunisia

Last week UN Women published a story in the ‘From where I stand…‘ editorial series about Salma Belhassine, a 21-year-old activist from Tunisia, part of the Youth Leadership Programme, an initiative by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) in partnership with UN...

Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked

As you may already know, the cholera outbreak was introduced to Haiti by Nepalese troops who were part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission. It had spread across the country from October 2010 to May 2017, and it was the first modern large scale outbreak of cholera. Last month, in this article...

Orange Day 2017 : Unissons-nous contre les violences dans l’espace public

C’est parti pour cette semaine consacrée aux Droits de l’Homme sur le MagkaSama Project (Human Rights Week), et c’est en français que nous débutons avec l’Orange Day 2017 avec le Comité ONU Femmes France. Il s’agit d’une association loi 1901...

UN warns Sudan over call to send Darfur displaced home

Earlier this month Enough Project Senior Advisor Dr. Suliman Baldo published a new report: Ominous Threats Descending On Darfur. Yesterday The East African published an article about the United Nations declaring that Sudan had to disarm militias in Darfur before those displaced by the...

Journée Internationale des Droits de l’Enfant (20 novembre 2017)

La Journée mondiale de l’enfance a été créée en 1954 et est célébrée chaque année le 20 novembre afin de promouvoir le respect et les droits des enfants. Le 20 novembre marque le jour de l’adoption par l’Assemblée de la Déclaration des droits de l’enfant en 1959,...

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in Congo

The situation in Congo is not getting any better. Last month Dr Denis Mukwege expressed his concerns regarding the recent events in the country, and the latest report by The Sentry confirmed the critical situation. You can read more in our article on this page (in French). During her...

International Day of Peace: ‘Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All’

International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. It’s an important day we celebrate every year as a Sama Day and the theme for 2017 is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” As you may already know, ‘magkasama‘ (the name of...