For the First Time in History, There is Full Gender Parity in the Top Leadership of the United NationsThere are forty-four most senior positions in the United Nations system, excluding the Secretary General himself. As of this week,...
Here’s How Every Country in the World Ranks on Gender EqualityOn January 1st, 2018, Iceland became the first country in the world to make pay inequality illegal. Companies that cannot...
Meet the US Youth Observer to the UNMunira Khalif is the US Youth Observer to the United Nations. This is a position created in partnership between the...
9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018From potential nuclear armageddon to a new global compact on migration, and much in between– UN Dispatch presents our annual...
Female Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Are Suffering the Consequences of Trump’s Decision to Defund a Key UN AgencyAs thousands of Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar in the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world, the focus of...
An Indian Court Decision Takes One Step in the Right Direction for the Rights of WomenLast week, a two-man bench of the Indian Supreme Court ruled that sex with any underage girl, regardless of whether...
PODCAST: Journalist Alexis Okeowo Writes Profiles of Resistance in AfricaAlexis Okeowo is a staff writer for the New Yorker whose debut book was published earlier this month. The book,...
Map of the Day: The World’s Most Dangerous Megacities for WomenToday’s map comes from the Thompson Reuters Foundation, which launched a first-of-its kind poll ranking the world’s megacities in terms...
For the first time, Women Outnumber Men in Senior Posts at a UN AgencySomething looked very different when the Director General of the World Health Organization introduced his senior leadership team this week....