Parliaments and COVID: digitization keeps parliament’s doors open and lights on, at the same time broadening outreach and interaction As the Cook Islands prepare to reopen their borders, they feel the need to be prepared with established processes and procedures subject to effective public control in case the country has…

Migrants have the potential to expand their own income, education, health and life choices, to fill labour gaps, create businesses, innovate and pay taxes in their host countries. They send remittances to their families left behind, investing and financing local development initiatives. By extending a welcome, host communities can play…

By Maria Martirosyan Stepanavan is one of the promising small cities in the north of Armenia, situated in Lori province. It’s surrounded by breathtaking nature, inhabited with the most warm-hearted people. Stepanavan’s young people are very motivated, friendly and they like exercising together and socializing.

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” — Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights This Human Rights Day UNDP is celebrating the achievements of those who have fought for and protected human rights, as well as reflecting on what still needs to be done to make society fairer for everyone. UNDP is answering the Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Human Rights, with its focus…

HIV continues to be a public health priority in the Republic of South Sudan with an estimated 2.2 percent prevalence among adults and only 23 percent of people living with HIV on treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting socio-economic shocks have created new challenges. …

The connection between gender violence and the Sustainable Development Goals Sometimes the first step towards change is a small one. Quite literally. Like for the dance teacher Chado Namgyel, Founding Member of Gokab Studio and Community Center in Bhutan, who changed his teaching methods after learning that the damaging social…

In their own words: Women’s rights activists in the Middle East/North Africa region speak out on what is needed to build a safer world. In crisis, as many as 70 percent — more than two in three women — experience some form of gender-based violence. This shocking statistic is not…

A Generation17 young leader reflects on the UN Climate Change Conference By Máximo Mazzocco Another COP is in the books, making it 26! On the one hand, what we expected happened: grandiose declarations, announcements and promises, insufficient progress in the negotiations, delay in the implementation of concrete plans, and a…

By Craig Castro It all happened very quickly. I received a call from UNDP’s Crisis Bureau and in two days I was on a flight to Equatorial Guinea. In…