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Unsafe and Disrespectful Health Practices Continue to Harm the Most Vulnerable Women and Newborns

Yeshihareg Nega provides skin-to-skin care to her preterm baby at Felege Hiwot Hospital in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 25 March 2021.
Helga Fogstad, speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Canada. Credit: Women Deliver

Providing respectful care means meeting the needs of communities and individuals, and taking women’s views and preferences into full account.

Survivors Can Play a Key Role in Combating Human Trafficking

Photo credit: Kat Jayne/Pexels
The theme for this year's World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30 July 2021) is "Victims' Voices Lead the Way". Image credit: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

It is high time that we take to heart the wisdom expressed in the theme of this year's World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and let “victims’ voices lead the way”.

In the Fight to End Human Trafficking, Let Survivors Lead the Way

Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash.
The author, Ozark Henry. Photo courtesy of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

We must listen to survivors who managed to escape their abusers and successfully found their way back into society, as they can provide us with unique insights into this crime.

Celebrating the International Day of the Tropics—Towards a Better Global Future

Agricultural land in Indonesia. Photo by Pexels/Julien Pannetier
A young girl at a market on Inle Lake, Myanmar. Photo by Dr. Mark Ziembicki.

Armed with appropriate training and investment, tropical countries will be able to leapfrog traditional development pathways towards a more sustainable future.

When Pushkin Comes to the Rescue: Multilingualism as a Principle for Harmonious Cooperation

Monument to A.S. Pushkin by M.K. Anikushin. Installed in 1959. Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. oraswet / pixabay
Winner of the 2018 Pushkin poetry translation competition, Kaiss Jarkass, UN Arabic translation service. Russian language program. UN Secretariat. New York, 2018. © Kaiss Jarkass.

This multilingual dedication to the genius of Russian literature marks Russian Language Day 2021, revealing the hope that Pushkin’s legacy will continue to bring people and nations together, while increasing interest in Russian history and culture. 

 

The "Global Degree" Proposal: A New Institutional Model for Higher Education

 La Trobe Reading Room in the State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: Andrew Tan/Pixabay 
Photo courtesy of the author, Kyriakos Kouveliotis, Provost, Berlin School of Business and Innovation, Germany.

The development of a Global Degree as a new educational structure and mode could address current inadequacies as countries and students confront new challenges. This new norm would help make learning more targeted, flexible, current and applicable.

The Value of Cycling as an Accelerator of Sustainable Development

A Buffalo Bicycle rider goes the distance in rural Malawi. Photo by World Bicycle Relief

Bicycles could help nearly a billion people living in rural areas at risk of being left behind because education, healthcare, markets, and other critical services are simply out of reach.

The Role of the United Nations System in Improving Road Safety to Save Lives and Advance Sustainable Development

Vehicles experiencing a breakdown or an emergency can stop in the emergency lane; these lanes may themselves present risks to traffic. Wikimedia Commons.
Logo for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030.© World Health Organization

This article examines how the United Nations system is working to improve road safety throughout the world, and how safer roads can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Reflections on 10 Years of International Jazz Day

Herbie Hancock, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), performs at the inaugural International Jazz Day Concert at UN Headquarters. 30 April 2011. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
Induction Ceremony for UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. 22 July 2011. ©UNESCO/Ania Freindorf

By inviting everyone at all levels of society to participate and share their culture with the world through jazz, we recognize and give shape to their inherent dignity and equality. 

Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of the International Court of Justice

Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), presiding at public hearings held on 15 March 2021.
The inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice, held on 18 April 1946 in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, The Hague (ICJ archives).
Official portrait of the President of the International Court of Justice, Joan E. Donoghue.

While there are many aspects of international law on which jurists of all stripes can be expected to agree, we must acknowledge that there is no single, homogenized answer to many legal questions that arise in international disputes.