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UN official criticizes Afghanistan for closing girls’ schools

Published on: April 8, 2022
14:01

Kabul, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Special Envoy for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mette Knudsen, on Friday described the decision to ban girls' schools as discriminatory.

More than 500,000 refugees from Afghanistan estimated

Published on: August 28, 2021
11:04

Kabul, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) More than 500,000 people might flee Afghanistan before the end of this year, local media estimated on Saturday.

Latin American girls are victims of cyber bullying

Published on: May 24, 2021
12:29

Panama City, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Fifty-eight percent of Latin American girls have been victims of cyber bullying at some time in their lives, according to a study published on Monday by the Plan International organization, whose regional office is in Panama City.

Women and girls´ safety must be priority in response to pandemic

Published on: May 24, 2021
07:29

United Nations, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The safety of women and girls must be top-priority in the response to the Covid-19 situation that many governments around the world are presently drawing up, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres said.

Growing migration on border between Colombia and Panama

Published on: May 18, 2021
00:30

Panama, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The current migration wave on the border between Colombia and Panama reached 11,370 irregular immigrants in the first four months of 2021, while the flow through the Darien Gap continues.

Women and girls hit hardest by pandemic

Published on: May 12, 2021
10:08

United Nations, May 12 (Prensa Latina) Of the 114.4 million people who have fallen into poverty, 57.8 million are women and girls, thus firming up they are nowadays the most hit hardest by both health and economic crises, the United Nations (UN) reported.

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