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Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Apr 22, 2020

Coronavirus - South Africa: Funzi Virtual Launch

Funzi has designed a course entitled ‘COVID-19: Adapt and thrive’, as a part of the country’s official coronavirus response initiative

The United Nations in South Africa has partnered with Funzi, a mobile learning service based in Finland, and the governments of the Finland and South Africa to expand an important and innovative education initiative. Funzi has designed a course entitled ‘COVID-19: Adapt and thrive’, as a part of the country’s official coronavirus response initiative. This is a…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Apr 15, 2020

Coronavirus - South Africa: United Nations agency donates COVID-19 PPE to shelter houses in South Africa

The first delivery of personal protective supplies included 100 liters of sanitizers, 140 boxes of face masks and 170 boxes of medical gloves

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in South Africa today handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) to several Gauteng Province shelters for women who have suffered from gender-based violence and human trafficking, as well as to the immigration officers of the Department of Home Affairs. Speaking at…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Apr 06, 2020

Coronavirus - South Africa: UNICEF South Africa thanks corporate South Africa for swift response to COVID-19

Momentum Metropolitan this week donated to UNICEF’s social protection programme to strengthen the capacity of Childline, another UNICEF partner.

UNICEF South Africa has thanked South African corporates which have been swift to offer support to help protect the lives and welfare of the country’s children. “We are enormously grateful for the very prompt support we have received from a number of corporates. This has enabled us to be nimble…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Apr 02, 2020

Coronavirus - South Africa: United Nations in South Africa meet with diplomats find measures to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic

During the meeting, UN gave briefings on the current national, regional and global status of the COVID-19 pandemic

The head of the United Nations in South Africa, or the UN Resident Coordinator, Nardos Bekele-Thomas, supported by the heads of UN agencies, today held a successful virtual meeting with members of the diplomatic corps based in South Africa to discuss measures to combat COVID-19 in the country. The virtual…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Mar 17, 2020

COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities? – UN rights expert

The UN expert stressed that reasonable accommodation measures are essential to enable people with disabilities to reduce contacts and the risk of contamination

Little has been done to provide people with disabilities with the guidance and support needed to protect them during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even though many of them are part of the high-risk group, today warned the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas. …

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Mar 04, 2020

UNAIDS to launch Women’s Day Report in South Africa

The new report from UNAIDS marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

News media are invited to attend the global launch of We’ve got the power: Women, adolescent girls and the HIV response, ahead of International Women’s Day. HIV prevention and treatment programmes around the world, many of them community-based, have reversed the global trend in new HIV infections. These achievements were…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Feb 26, 2020

United Nations in South Africa concerned about reports of forced sterilization in public hospitals

The UN welcomes the Department of Health’s decision to meet with the Commission for Gender Equality to further discuss its full contents and recommendations

The United Nations in South Africa notes with concern the findings of the investigation by the Commission for Gender Equality on forced and coerced sterilization in public hospitals in the Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal provinces. The report details the horrific discrimination, mistreatment and human rights violations suffered by at least…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Feb 24, 2020

United Nations Calls for Nominations for Nelson Mandela Prize

The United Nations is calling for nominations for the 2020 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize

The Prize was established in June 2014 by the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the achievements of those who dedicate their lives to the service of humanity by promoting the purposes and principles of the United Nations while honouring and paying homage to Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life and legacy…

Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Jan 21, 2020

Accelerating innovation to attain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030

Launching UNDP Accelerator Lab in South Africa

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals come with a deadline: 2030. And so far, very few countries have introduced the changes to keep the promises they have made. The deadline to achieve these goals is looming and there is a need to intensify the efforts of all sectors of society towards…

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Source: UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC) | Jan 20, 2020

Launch of the World Economic Situation Prospects Report 2020

Average GDP growth in Africa is projected to accelerate slightly from 2.9 per cent in 2019 to 3.2 per cent in 2020

Background: According to this year’s World Economic Situation Prospects, the global economy suffered its lowest growth in a decade, slipping to 2.3 per cent in 2019, as trade disputes impacted economic activity. The world, however, could see a slight uptick in growth in 2020 if risks are kept at bay.…