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World Health Organization

In the words of Tanya Gilly Khailany: “When it comes to women’s rights, there’s no room for diplomacy”

Iraq

19 Oct 2018

Tanya Gilly Khailany, from Iraqi-Kurdistan, is a former member of the Iraqi Parliament (2006 – 2010) and a co-founder of the SEED Foundation, an organization that works with survivors of violence and trafficking in Iraq. An outspoken women’s rights activist, side on the margins of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 26 September in New York. In this interview, Ms. Gilly-Khailany tal...

19 Oct 2018

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UN Women

Sport paves the way for skills and jobs for young mothers in Brazil

Brazil

08 Oct 2018

After empowering hundreds of girls and young mothers in poor communities across Rio de Janeiro, the joint programme by UN Women and International Olympic Committee enters its second phase. &nbsp; &nbsp;

08 Oct 2018

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World Health Organization

WHO sending NCDs medicines and materials kits to humanitarian crises

Syrian Arab Republic

20 Oct 2017

To respond to the continuing need during humanitarian crises to treat people for noncommunicable diseases, WHO has developed and started delivering its first dedicated kits of medicines and equipment for caring for people living with diabetes, hypertension and related conditions. This video follows the assembly of the kits in the Netherlands and their delivery to southern Turkey, where WHO dispatc...

20 Oct 2017

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