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KUNDUZ - As part of its mandated work to assist the Government and people of Afghanistan in laying the foundations for sustainable peace and development in the country, Human Rights officials from the United Nations…

15 April 2015 - Bissau-Guinean women are still facing many obstacles to achieve gender equality in Guinea-Bissau. Despite being more than half of the population, and although after last elections there was a slight increase…

HERAT - Supporting women’s economic empowerment, the UN unveiled a new training programme for women and girls in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. The six-month programme, conducted by the Afghan Department of Women’s…

PAKTIKA - At a UN-backed workshop in Paktika, religious scholars and community leaders identified illiteracy as a significant barrier to the eastern province’s development, and called on women and girls to focus on education…

14 April 2015 - A workshop organized by UNIOGBIS/ROLSI on a five-year Strategic Plan for the Police and Security Institutions in Guinea-Bissau ended yesterday, highlighting full national ownership for its implementation.From…

KUNDUZ - Helping to bridge the gap between Afghanistan’s legal institutions and people seeking recourse to justice, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) launched a television series this month in the…

April 7 was World Health Day commemorated with a focus on food safety. However, in Guinea-Bissau the prevention against Ebola is still at the center of the health authorities’ concerns, as well of the UN agencies who are…

KABUL - Latest figures from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) show a continuing trend of record high civilian casualties, with deaths and injuries from ground engagements in Afghanistan remaining…

7 April 2015 - Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira and UNIOGBIS leadership have been multiplying efforts to clarify the outcome of the Brussels donor roundtable to the Bissau-Guinean people. Prime Minister Pereira…

KABUL - To raise awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication, Afghans and their international partners marked Mine Awareness Day at a United Nations-backed event in which speeches were delivered and…