World News in Brief: Sandstorm alert, albinism and climate change, rights in Peru

Sand and dust storms are increasingly threatening people’s health, safety and livelihoods – and climate change is making matters worse.

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World News in Brief: Sandstorm alert, albinism and climate change, rights in Peru
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Health experts concerned about indirect effects of COVID-19 on women and youth

12 Jun 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about its impact on women, children and young people.

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COVID-19 intensifies ‘brutal crime’ of sexual violence in conflict 

19 Jun 2020

Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is “a brutal crime” that is being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief underscored on Friday, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

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Rise in women prisoners and COVID measures, ‘making sentences worse’

16 Jul 2020

More than 700,000 women are in prison around the world, and that number is growing much faster than men, the Human Rights Council has heard.