Legal Recognition of East African Sign Languages Key Towards Inclusion
The United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) require the governments to remove all barriers to
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Human rights
Vaccine Refusal, Floods Impact Polio Drive in Pakistan
A young child receives vaccine drops in Pakistan, but the region has experienced an upsurgence of cases because of vaccine
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UN Assessed Contributions Needed to Generate Core Funding for Climate Loss & Damage
After days of intense negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on
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Digital Human Rights Need to be Enshrined in Law
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA
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Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth Some 110,00 youth under age 19
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LGBTI in Iraq: Defending Identity in the Face of Harassment, Stigma and Death
23-year-old Varin poses next to a mural for queer rights in Sulaymaniyah. It was not long before it was vandalized.
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Countries Hiding Responses Sent to UN Experts Over Allegations of Human Rights Abuses
A meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré by Marty Logan (kathmandu) Friday, November 25,
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The World Cup of Opportunity
Opinion by Myles Benham (doha, qatar) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service DOHA, Qatar, Nov 25 (IPS) – The sun
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Eliminate violence against women, most widespread, pervasive human rights violation
In a statement kicking off the “UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls campaign”, they reminded that an
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Taliban’s draconian violations against women may amount to crimes against humanity
“In recent months, violations of women and girls’ fundamental rights and freedoms in Afghanistan, already the most severe and unacceptable
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