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Digital divide hits women harder in poor nations – UNICEF

Published on: April 27, 2023
17:45

Washington, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) About 90% of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online, according to a new UNICEF´s analysis.

Millions of people at risk for access to water, says WMO

Published on: March 21, 2023
16:04

United Nations, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) Water-related risks are increasing with 3.6 billion people lacking adequate access to water at least one month a year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday.

UNICEF warns on educational abandonment in Lebanon

Published on: September 29, 2022
12:12

Beirut, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) The representative of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Edward Beigbeder on Thursday warned about the educational abandonment in Lebanon in the context of the successive crises in this sector.

Millions of people with no access to healthy diet

Published on: October 14, 2021
19:36

United Nations, October 14 (Prensa Latina) Today, nearly 40% of humanity (three billion people) cannot afford to a healthy diet, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday.

More than five million people with Internet access in Cuba

Published on: October 6, 2021
13:56

Havana, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) More than five million people have access to Internet services through the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA), most of them through mobile telephony.

Tourists could access to anti-Covid vaccine in Panama

Published on: September 16, 2021
09:24

Panama, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Businessmen on Thursday described the decision by the Cabinet Council to authorize the use and administration of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine in people arriving in Panama as tourists as positive.

WHO opposes ‘vaccine passport’ due to shortage of anti-Covid-19 doses

Published on: September 15, 2021
07:30

Geneva, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday raised its opposition to vaccine passports related to anti-Covid-19 vaccine doses, due to inequity of vaccine access around the world.

UN chief reiterates M request to assist Afghanistan

Published on: September 14, 2021
07:24

United Nations, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres on Monday reiterated his request for helping Afghanistan, just as UN launched a humanitarian flash appeal for some million.

China orders to rectify lack of access among internet companies

Published on: September 13, 2021
12:02

Beijing, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) China on Monday ordered companies operating on the Internet to stop preventing users from accessing other sites' links from their platforms.

Access to water is a basic human right, says UN Chief

Published on: August 25, 2021
07:54

United Nations, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Access to water is a basic human right, but three of 10 people are unable to wash their hands with water and soap during the Covid-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres posted on Twitter, on the occasion of the World Water Week 2021.

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