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INTERVIEW: Health care is a human right, senior UN official says; urges protection for medical workers

INTERVIEW: Health care is a human right, senior UN official says; urges protection for medical workers

Health is a human right and health care workers are human rights defenders, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights has said, reminding Governments to provide healthcare for their citizens and to protect professionals who deliver these services.“We see health not only as the absence of disease and not only a question of access to services, but in fact the right to be human is a manner that you have your physical and mental integrity upheld,” Kate Gilmore said in an interview with UN News. Similarly, health care workers are part of the “machinery of human rights defence,” yet...

Ending child marriage in West and Central Africa could take 100 years, warns UNICEF

Ending child marriage in West and Central Africa could take 100 years, warns UNICEF

Unless progress is accelerated, ending child marriage in West and Central Africa will take more than 100 years, with far-reaching, life-altering consequences for millions of child brides and crippling impact on the region’s prosperity, the United Nations children’s agency has said. A new report released Monday from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Achieving a future without child marriage: Focus on West and Central Africa, reveals that, due to rapid population growth and high prevalence of child marriage, even if the current decline rate was doubled, it would not suffice to reduce the annual number of girls married. “We cannot continue to...

SDG Media Zone: Media Engagement Around the SDGs

SDG Media Zone: Media Engagement Around the SDGs

18 Sep 2017 – Speakers: Mr. Richard Lui, (Broadcaster, NBC News), Ms. Rosiland Jordan, (UN Correspondent, Al Jazeera), Ms. Hiroko Kuniya, (Special SDGs Editor in chief, The Asahi Shimbun) Moderator: Ms. Alison Smale, (UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications) The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing together well-known personalities and Member States as well as content creators, influencers and media partners, the SDG Media Zone will provide a dynamic space to strengthen the commitment of...

Nissan to join Formula E electric racing from 2018-19 season

Nissan to join Formula E electric racing from 2018-19 season

  YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan will become the first Japanese automotive brand to compete in the all-electric FIA Formula E racing championship starting in 2018. The move to participate in the growing Formula E series gives Nissan a highly visible global platform from which to spread the message of Nissan Intelligent Mobility – the company’s three-pillar strategy to redefine how its vehicles are driven, powered and integrated into society. “As the ultimate expression of the thrill of instant acceleration and agile handling that’s at the heart of Nissan zero-emission driving, Nissan is going to electrify the Formula E championship,” said...

SDG Media Zone: What’s next for climate action?

SDG Media Zone: What’s next for climate action?

21 Sep 2017 – Speakers: Ms. Patricia Espinosa, (Executive Secretary, UNFCCC) Moderator: Mr. Gideon Lichfield, (Quartz) The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing together well-known personalities and Member States as well as content creators, influencers and media partners, the SDG Media Zone will provide a dynamic space to strengthen the commitment of the international community in support of the 2030 Agenda. Heads of State and Government will be gathering at the UN Headquarters in...

Two Zimbabwean women in court

By Xavier Mulenga in Livingstone, Southern Province A DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) investigations officer has told the magistrate court how he managed to apprehend two Zimbabwean women, who had been tempering with Barclays Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs). This is in a case in which Ashley Sibanda, Caroline Chinengada and Godwin Wilson is charged with unauthorised access to critical data and theft contrary to the laws of Zambia. On unknown dates in December, 2015 and February 2016, in Livingstone and Kalomo, the trio jointly and whilst acting together accessed critical data of ATMs from Barclays clients in Livingstone and Kalomo without...

Police arrest mother in death of abandoned baby girl found near rubbish bin in Hong Kong

Police arrest mother in death of abandoned baby girl found near rubbish bin in Hong Kong

CCTV footage leads to arrest of Zambian woman, accused of leaving day-old daughter on busy street Police arrest mother in death of abandoned baby girl found near rubbish bin in Hong Kong CCTV footage leads to arrest of Zambian woman, accused of leaving day-old daughter on busy street PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 October, 2017, 10:30am UPDATED : Wednesday, 18 October, 2017, 10:37pm COMMENTS: 13  Elizabeth Cheung elizabeth.cheung@scmp.com http://twitter.com/cheung_le 1869SHARE 13 PrintEmail RELATED TOPICS Crime in Hong Kong Related Articles LAW & CRIME Rape suspect, 79, arrested for attack on disabled woman, 19 19 Oct 2017 LAW & CRIME Suspected Hong Kong...

CCZ Calls for Love and Forgiveness among Couples

CCZ Calls for Love and Forgiveness among Couples

By Michael Mazakaza (Mr)  CCZ COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary Father Emmanuel Yona Chikoya says it is concerned about the increasing number of Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases among couples in the country that result into partners losing their lives. Father Chikoya has since called for maximum restraint among couples by applying the principle of love and forgiveness. Father Chikoya, a Canon in the Zambia Anglican Council (ZAC) says there are always better ways in which couples can manage conflicts as opposed to fighting and killing each other in the process. Canon Chikoya says couples...

Speaker Patrick Matibini signs up He for She Campaign

Speaker Patrick Matibini signs up He for She Campaign

By http://www.parliament.gov.zm/ Speaker of the National Assembly Rt. Honourable Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, MP on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2017 signed up the Heforshe Campaign at Parliament Buildings. The Heforshe campaign is a global solidarity movement which was started by the United Nations Women (UN Women) and launched by the United Nations Secretary General in September 2014 in order to get different stakeholders, particularly men, involved in the fight for gender equality. The Campaign further seeks to engage boys, girls, men and women alike as agents of change for the achievement of gender equality. Speaking at the same event, Hon...

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane  Co-chair the 2nd Joint Commission for Cooperation Lusaka, Zambia

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane Co-chair the 2nd Joint Commission for Cooperation Lusaka, Zambia

By Barbara Lopi The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has arrived in Lusaka, Zambia to Co-Chair the Second Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) with her Zambian Counterpart, Minister Harry Kalaba of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia. The JCC Ministerial meeting will take place on 11 October 2017.This JCC takes place prior to President Jacob Zuma’s scheduled State Visit to the Republic of Zambia on 12 and 13 October 2017 where he will meet with, His Excellency, President Edgar Lungu. The Agreement to establish a Joint Commission for the operationalisation of the...

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