children and youth

Eddie Ndopu: "People with disabilities need to be in leadership"

Crisis Recovery

Eddie Ndopu: "People with disabilities need to be in leadership"

Eddie Ndoku, UN global advocate & disability activist, hopes to bring a “fresh” perspective to the discussion of global development and help leaders understand the needs of the most vulnerable people, including those with disabilities.

A view shows graves of killed Ukrainian defenders, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine January 31, 2023.

Hard Numbers … after a year of war in Ukraine

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified 18,955 Ukrainian civilian casualties (7,199 killed, including 438 children), though it believes the actual numbers are higher.