Punitive and discriminatory laws that stigmatize marginalized communities are hindering the fight against HIV/AIDS, says a senior UN health expert, interviewed by UN News ahead of the 2022 International AIDS conference.
A representative of Bahá’ís of Tunisia draws on the experience of the Bahá’ís of that country to explore the concept of religion as a force for social progress.
Amin Awad was appointed the UN Crisis Coordinator in Ukraine . Marking 100 days since the 24 February Russian invasion of Ukraine, UN News spoke exclusively and in-depth to Mr. Awad, who explained what the UN is doing to try to end the conflict, and provide support and protection to millions of Ukrainian civilians caught in the crossfire
"Our country will win and we will rebuild Kharkiv," said Tatiana Yehorova-Lutsenko, chairwoman of the Council of Kharkiv Oblast (2.6 million inhabitants) when she...
400th anniversary of the first ship that brought the first Africans to the British colony of Virginia. We mark that as the real beginning slave trade in America in the original 13 colonies that would form the United States.
About blasphemy laws; violence against religious minorities; kidnapping, forced conversion and marriages of non-Muslim girls
HRWF (19.02.2022) – On the eve of the 8th Meeting...
Jerry Falwell Jr., the man with an evangelical pedigree, caused shockwaves among Christian conservatives when a series of scandals ousted him as Liberty University President.