Press briefing notes on Turkey
We call on Turkey to reverse its decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on combatting all forms of violence against women, and note that the move highlights the lack of meaningful participation in decision making in the country.
Turkey: Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention is a pushback against women’s rights, say human rights experts
Experts say Turkey’s decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention is a very worrying step backwards
Historic consensus on freedoms of religion and expression at risk, say UN experts
Recalling the 24 March 2011 adoption of a Human Rights Council resolution on combating intolerance, experts say States must ensure pluralism and stamp out negative stereotyping.
UN chief ‘profoundly concerned’ over rise in violence against Asians
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a statement expressing his profound concern over the rise in violence against Asians, and people of Asian descent, during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inequity of COVID-19 vaccines grows ‘more grotesque every day’ – WHO chief
The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those administered through COVAX is becoming “more grotesque every day”, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday.
Women ‘systematically excluded’ from COVID response, despite being worst affected
Notwithstanding that women make up 70 per cent of healthcare workers globally, and have been most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also being “systematically excluded” from decision-making processes aimed at ending the pandemic, including government-run task forces around the world, according to the head of UN Women.
La pandemia detta i cambiamenti di stile, ora per la moda ‘Less is more’, meno è meglio
L'emergenza ha accelerato le tendenze in atto, si preferiscono beni di più lunga durata, prodotti in modo sostenibile