Marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that millions of people living with NTDs continue to face profound and often unseen suffering due to discrimination, social stigma and untreated mental health conditions. Under the rallying theme “Unite. Act. Eliminate.”, WHO and partners urge governments to integrate mental health care…
Exceptional women business leaders such as African engineer-turned-entrepreneur Norah Magero are demonstrating how lived experience and ingenuity, backed by United Nations support, can turn promising ideas into successful companies, even in societies where their voices have long been sidelined. As a young mother in a remote part of eastern Kenya, Norah Magero struggled to get…
On the margins of the Sixtieth Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the African Group, with the support of the Permanent Delegation of the African Union, organised, on 1st October 2025, its second mobilization event in the form of a reception to galvanise support for the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related…
