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 <item> <title>Women lead marine restoration efforts in the UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Did you know that women represent just 38 per cent of all ocean scientists? A women-led community organisation in the Seaflower UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Caribbean, is working to restore some of the most important marine ecosystems in the world and paving the way for bigger women's representation in ocean science.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday warned that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States”, urging more action on the part of the Biden administration to protect them.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:57:18 -0400</pubDate>
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 <item> <title>First Person: Sharing indigenous knowledge with tourists </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[After successfully reclaiming her people’s territory in Northern Argentina, Celestina Ábalos turned to tourism to share and promote her indigenous culture.  UN entrepreneurship training during the COVID-19 pandemic helped her business to grow.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:15:49 -0400</pubDate>
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 <item> <title>First person: Surviving a deadly hurricane in New York</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[As extreme weather events grow in intensity and frequency, nowhere is guaranteed to be safe from danger, as New Yorkers discovered on 1 September 2021, when Hurricane Ida struck, causing floods that led to some 29 deaths, and shutting down much of the subway system. Amrita Bhagwandin was at her home in the New York Borough of Queens on that traumatic day.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:45:49 -0400</pubDate>
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 <item> <title>UN releases $5 million for humanitarian needs triggered by gang violence in Haiti</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths allocated on Friday, $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to humanitarian needs triggered by gang violence in Haiti.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:26:06 -0400</pubDate>
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 <item> <title>First Person: Taking to the sea to deliver aid in Haiti</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[With Haiti’s highways increasingly in the grip of gangs, aid delivery by ship is becoming increasingly critical. Captain Madeleine Habib, a shipping officer working for the World Food Programme in Haiti, spoke about her experiences ahead of World Humanitarian Day, which is marked annually on 19 August.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Building a more resilient post-earthquake future in Haiti</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[One year on from a devastating earthquake which struck Haiti, communities are rebuilding their lives, and aiming to be better prepared when future disasters strike.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>First Person: One year on from Haiti earthquake, time to return home</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[On 14 August 2021 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, destroying, or rendering uninhabitable tens of thousands of houses across three departments in the south of Haiti, including Plaisimond Milaure’s home. Since then, she’s been living in a tent outside the city of Les Cayes, supported by UN agencies. One year on, she is ready to return.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>United States: Concrete actions needed to ‘lay the scourge of racism to rest’ – UN expert</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[UN-appointed independent human rights experts commended the United States on Friday for adopting the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, but asked about measures being taken to address gun violence in the country.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:30:07 -0400</pubDate>
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 <item> <title>After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[A tiny Caribbean Island known as 'the flower of the ocean' was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Although the loss of human life was minimal, the impact on precious ecosystems deeply changed the perspective of its inhabitants. Two years later, they’re still working to restore their environmental treasures and preparing for whatever curveballs climate change might throw at them next.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Barbados: New UN disaster preparedness hub built on ‘frontlines of climate change’ </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training centre in Barbados aims to strengthen emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in announcing the news on Thursday. ]]></description>
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 <item> <title>WMO reports decrease in likelihood of severe Atlantic hurricane season ahead </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[As the North Atlantic hurricane season enters its traditional peak period, the US National  Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) has adjusted its forecast to monitor the conditions which impact cyclonic activity, according to the UN weather agency, WMO, on Friday.  ]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Nuclear technology helps Mexico eradicate invasive insect pest</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[One of the most devastating insect pests infesting fruits and vegetables in Mexico has been eradicated in the state of Colima, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Step up protection for activists who challenge big business in Colombia </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Activists who raise concerns about business projects in Colombia are under serious threat for speaking out, and UN human rights experts are urging the government to do much more to protect them. ]]></description>
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 <item> <title> American west faces water and power shortages due to climate crisis: UN environment agency </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Two of the largest reservoirs in the United States are at dangerously low levels due to the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, which could affect water and electricity supply for millions in six western states and Mexico, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Nicaragua: Rights experts denounce shutdown of over 700 civil society groups</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organizations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and will have a chilling effect on activists and human rights defenders across the country, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:37:57 -0400</pubDate>
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 <item> <title>Colombia: New government urged to combat rising violence in rural areas </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[The incoming administration in Colombia must prioritize tackling rising violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday. 

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 <item> <title>UN delivers aid directly to Haitians caught up in gang violence</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[United Nations humanitarian agencies have started delivering aid directly to people in Haiti following a recent spike in violence between rival gangs which has fueled a worsening crisis across the capital, Port-au-Prince.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>First Person: I go to sleep and wake up to the sound of gunfire </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[A young man whose community has been at the epicentre of the violence that has been raging between rival gangs in the troubled neighbourhood of Cité Soleil in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, says that he goes to sleep and wakes in the morning to the sound of gunfire. Edwin*, is a youth leader in his community, part of a group which is supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Mega-drought, glacier melt, and deforestation plague Latin America and the Caribbean</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN report published on Friday.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>UN rights chief calls for ‘political responsibility’ to address Peru’s challenges </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[The role of electoral authorities is fundamental to protect democratic space in Peru, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in the capital, Lima, on Wednesday, concluding a two-day mission to the country. ]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[The UN human rights office said on Saturday it was deeply concerned by worsening violence in and around the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and rising abuse at the hands of heavily armed gangs, against vulnerable local communities.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Venezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro to make ends meet, and provide a haven from violence.]]></description>
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 <item> <title>New administration in Colombia provides ‘tremendous opportunity’ to further peace </title>
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 <description><![CDATA[The international community should lend full support to the incoming administration in Colombia, which has a tremendous opportunity to speed up implementation of the landmark 2016 Peace Agreement that ended more than 50 years of civil war, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday. ]]></description>
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 <item> <title>Gang violence in Port-au-Prince threatens more than a million food-insecure Haitians</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Surging and deadly gang violence in the Haitian capital has contributed to runaway food insecurity for well over one million people there, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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