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25 August 2020
Women and Children most vulnerable in Covid-19 Crisis
Women and children, especially those from low-income urban households, have been the most negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and need support urgently, a study by two United Nations bodies found. The “Families on the Edge” (FoE) report revealed that female-led households were especially vulnerable and more likely to
21 August 2020
Donating 5,000 ‘dignity kits’ to refugees, migrant women and girls
Malaysia’s United Nations Agencies in collaboration with Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have distributed 5,000 “Dignity Kits” to underserved refugees and migrant women living in Malaysia. The collaborative effort was in a bid to alleviate some of the current economic and social hardship faced by refugee and
3 June 2020
Malaysia-based NGO help form Asia-Pacific network to end female genital mutilation
The United Nations population fund (UNFPA) estimate that by 2030, a further 15 million girls in Indonesia will be mutilated if efforts to end the practice are not accelerated.
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