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Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA

·June 10, 2025·1 min read

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) unveiled its flagship State of World Population report on Tuesday, warning that a rising number of people are being denied the freedom to start families due to skyrocketing living costs, persistent gender inequality, and deepening uncertainty about the future. Titled The real fertility crisis: The...

Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns

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·May 30, 2025·1 min read

This is especially true among youth users: it’s one of the main reasons young people experiment with tobacco or nicotine products in the first place, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). Flavoured nicotine and tobacco products are inherently addictive and toxic – often more so than regular...

Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds

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·April 22, 2025·4 min read

That is the warning from a new report by the UN Spotlight Initiative, which finds that climate change is intensifying the social and economic stresses that are fuelling increased levels of violence against women and girls. The report finds that extreme weather, displacement, food insecurity, and economic instability are key factors increasing...

Impunity driving violence in South Sudan, UN rights commission says

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·April 3, 2023·2 min read

The report by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan details how perpetrators of the most serious crimes – including widespread attacks against civilians and extrajudicial killings – go unpunished, with senior Government officials and military implicated in serious violations. “Over several years, our findings have consistently shown...

Occupation, discrimination driving Israel-Palestine conflict, recurring violence |

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·June 7, 2022·3 min read

The finding comes in the first report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, established last May by the UN Human Rights Council. The Commission said occupation and discrimination are the key root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability, and...