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UN Women estimate that globally we will not reach gender equality in the highest positions of power for another 130 years. Across the world, the UK government is working with other nations and civil society organisations...

 Twelve years of conflict, and the recent deadly earthquakes, have left millions of children in Syria at heightened risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warned today. As the conflict in Syria enters its 13th year on 15 March, hostilities...

(C)UNICEF/UN0792847/Malawi Eleven countries in eastern and southern Africa are experiencing an extremely worrying cholera outbreak, with 67,822 cases and 1,788 estimated deaths. However, actual figures are likely higher as limitations in surveillance systems, underreporting, and stigma...

Women and girls will be put at the heart of the UK’s international work, with a new strategy that will tackle gender inequality across the globe. Launching on International Women’s Day, the new strategy will set out how...

(C)UNICEF/UN0795693/SharmaUNICEF is preparing to ship its essential emergency supplies from Fiji, in addition to its emergency supplies already propositioned in Vanuatu. These include tents, tarpaulins, education, and health supplies to support immediate response needs on the...

The Secretary of State for Defence the Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP is visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (28 February to 2 March). The Defence Secretary held a number of bilateral meetings, including with HRH...

Royal Navy ship HMS Lancaster seized weapons from a vessel travelling south from Iran whilst on a routine maritime security patrol on 23 February 2023. A United States fixed-wing Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform detected...

(C) UNICEF/UN0795024/DeebOn 1 March 2023 in in Aleppo, Syria, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell holds a child while visiting Ahmad Adeeb Al-Ali School (“The School Shelter”), which is currently operating as a temporary collective shelter for...

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting India to mark a new scheme allowing young Brits and Indians to live and work in each other’s countries for up to 2 years, which was announced by the Home...

The UK has joined IDB Invest, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) focused on development through the private sector, in a move designed to boost the UK’s work reducing poverty and tackling...