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The observations highlight how the Council considers the issue of women and armed conflict important to international peace and security. They express the Council's concern about civilians in armed conflict, particularly women and children, who constitute most of the victims of conflict [citation needed] and who are increasingly targeted by armed groups.
The UNHCR has called for a ‘more appropriate’ process where refugees are matched with families or couples under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. UN agency warns UK not to match Ukrainian women ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency is facing one of the most difficult moments in its more than 70-year history as record displacements coincide with funding shortfalls and a "short-sighted ...
Edwards began working at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1998 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by field assignments in Rwanda (twice) and Morocco, rising to become Chief of Section – Protection Policy and Legal Advice, the key institutional legal position, from 2010 until 2015.
Alsalem was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1976. [6] She was educated at The American University in Cairo where she completed a master's degree in International Relations in 2001. . She subsequently graduated from the University of Oxford in 2003 with a Masters in Human Rights L
The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan warned the country's Taliban rulers Wednesday that international recognition as the country's legitimate government will remain “nearly impossible” unless they ...
On the same day, the Secretary-General launched a new policy brief on women and equality and issues a dire warning that the pandemic could reverse gains in equality over previous years. [19] On 11 April, the Secretary-General called on religious leaders of all faiths to join forces and work for global peace and focus on the common battle to ...
The goals of the convention were to promote women's rights and address systematic discrimination experienced by women. [5] [1] The rights covered in CEDAW includes women's political participation, education, health, employment, marriage and legal equality. CEDAW also advocates for a change in the traditional roles of men and women. [6]