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Shining a light on sexually exploited women and girls forced into crime

Trafficked and sexually exploited woman and girls can find themselves facing prosecution and conviction for those very same crimes, in some countries, a new UN report shows. The study aims to help prosecutors to better handle these complex cases, and protect the genuine victims.

FROM THE FIELD: The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall

FROM THE FIELD: The Myanmar child workers risking their lives for stones

Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to re-join WHO

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Migrants and Refugees

Pandemic curbs trend towards ever-increasing migration

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Health

COVID-19 committee stresses need for equitable vaccine access, more data sharing

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Peace and Security

Violent attempt at US Capitol to ‘overturn’ election, shocking and incendiary: independent UN experts

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Economic Development

Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO

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Decade of conflict triggering ‘slow tsunami’ across Syria, Security Council hears

Secretary-General welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change

UN welcomes Biden administration commitment to refugee protection

UN calls for resumption of Mediterranean rescues, after 43 die in Libya shipwreck