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Human Rights

This beat covers individual rights and inclusion for minorities, marginalized people, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and IDPs.

From stigma to strength in The Gambia

Healing the wounds of witch-hunt victims in The Gambia. For more than 40 years, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has been supporting survivors on their road to recovery. In The Gambia, one of the Fund’s recipients provides healing and a path to redress.

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.

Investing in youth to counter hate speech

Hate speech International Day for Countering Hate Speech is marked on 18 June annually to promote dialogue and tolerance.
UN Womenequality

Some gains, but an uphill climb still looms

UN Womenequality

Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa

UN Womenequality

After slow start, continental initiative advances gender equity

UN Womenequality

Some progress since Beijing, but hurdles persist

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UN Peacekeeper honoured for championing gender in Abyei