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Steps taken to end Saudi ‘guardianship’ system for women, ‘encouraging’ start

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Women attending an event organized by Saudi Arabia at the UN in Rome, Italy.

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World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

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Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to...

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UN Security Council ‘utterly failed’ Syrian detainees; a victim voices her plea to ‘end impunity and stop this horror’

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Life is slowly returning to this street in the Juret Al-Shayah district of Homs, Syria....

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Bigotry makes politicians ‘complicit in the violence that follows’ : UN independent experts

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The “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on...

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