UN Experts Call for Regulating Advertising Directed at Children
Ahead of International Youth Day, on Friday 12 August, two United Nations human rights experts warned about the impact of commercial advertising directed at young children that instils at an early age a culture of over-consumption and indebtedness. The UN…
Young People Exposed to Lower Quality of Jobs: UN
Young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs. The United Nations (UN) is observing July 15 as the World Youth Skills Day with a special event on…
Liam Neeson Drives Action to End Violence Against Children
Globally, one in four children suffers physical abuse. Nearly one in five girls is sexually abused at least once in her life. Every five minutes, a child dies as a result of violence. At the United Nations, children joined world…
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Urges Youth to Raise their Voices
On first day of the sixty-sixth United Nations Department of Public Information / Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Conference in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged youth to continue to raise their voices in pushing governments to implement…
Why Women and Girls Do Not Study Science
The United Nations (UN) observes that science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years, the global community has made a…
Project Literacy Petition Delivered to UN General Assembly
Sixteen organisations and charities joined Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, on Monday in announcing their commitment to Project Literacy. The project has one clear goal: to raise awareness of and tackle the global problem of illiteracy, which affects one…
UN World Anthem to Welcome 7 Billion People
Performed by more than 50 musicians from 13 countries, “United” commemorates United Nations Day and marks the beginning of a week-long countdown to 31 October, when the world population is projected to reach 7 billion. UNFPA, the United Nations Population…
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