Stephen Lewis
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 6, 2015
The uproar over accusations that French soldiers assigned to peacekeeping had sexually abused about a dozen boys in the Central African Republic from late 2013 through mid-2014 has shifted focus from the apparent behavior of the soldiers to the…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, UN Agencies
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 16, 2015
A report commissioned by the United Nations but never made public — which studied sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN peacekeepers — has been released online by AIDS-Free World, a nonprofit organization founded by two former UN officials,…
- Categories: Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping, Women
- Danielle M. Bennett
- • April 23, 2014
It has been 33 years since the first reports of HIV/AIDS surfaced, and the pandemic, which has never been found to be racial, ethnic or gender specific among the population, is now affecting women the most. They account for…
- Categories: Caribbean, Health and Population, Women
- Barbara Crossette
- • January 15, 2014
In an open letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michel Sidibé, the executive director of UNAIDS, the organization called AIDS-Free World wants answers to questions about how the UN will deal with Nigeria after the adoption of…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights
- Alice Speri
- • September 25, 2013
With 827 days to go until the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals — the United Nations’ flagship agenda for global development — the buzzword at the General Assembly’s annual opening debate in New York this week was “acceleration.”…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Development, General Assembly, Health and Population
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