This week countries and communities converge in New York for the 3rd Meeting of State Parties on the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), with multiple side events to address the ...

Zanzibar’s coastal women have turned to sponges instead of traditional seaweed, which is affected by rising ocean temperatures.

The United Nations, whose primary mandate is to maintain international peace and security, has been one of the longstanding leaders in the global campaign for a world without nuclear weapons. But the ...

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter from Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish guerrilla, on ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity ...

Over 200 million women and girls around the world have undergone female genital mutilation. The largest share of these cases is happening in Africa ...

Electricity is essential for the well-being and prosperity of traditional riverside communities in the Amazon, as demonstrated by the experience of the Santa Helena do Inglês community, located on the ...