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  From Gaza to Ukraine, millions of people are displaced  and a significant number include women and girls. Human rights organisations and media reports have documented how women and girls are impacted  disproportionately, pushing them to the brink of survival. United Nations and  women activists have observed 25 November as a day against gender-based violence since 1981.  The day marks the start of the 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which runs until December 10. The day is a catalyst for change, and aims to: prevent violence, protect victims, prosecute perpetrators, change attitudes, and promote equality between women and men. The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly from 1993, with Declartion on the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The UN has embraced international  day as a powerful advocacy tool. According to United Nations, violence against women and girls remain one of the most prevalent and pervasive hum...

  The World Health Organisation's(WHO) 2024 Global Tuberculosis Report reveals  and explains why tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's leading infectious  killer disease, surpassing COVID-19. Five countries alone--India(26%), Indonesia(10%), China(6.8%), and Pakistan(6.3%) contributed 56 per cent of global tuberculosis burden. 55% of TB cases occurred in men, 33% in women, and 12% in children and young adolescents. The report quoted Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO Director-General as saying:"The fact thatTB still kills and sickens so many people is an outrage, when we have the tools to prevent it, detect it, and treat it." An estimated 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023--the highest since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995, the report says. TB is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is spread when people who are sick with TB expel bacteria into the air, by coughing. About a quarter of the global population is estimated t...

  The human and economic dimensions of climate change are far-reaching and multifaceted, impacting various sectors and regions  globally. A report released by the World Meterological Organisation(WMO) said:"Extreme weather is wrecking havoc on communities and economies across the world." The report issued during the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, observed:"Climate catastrophe is hammering health, widening inequalities, harming sustainable development and rocking the foundations of peace. The vulnerable are hit the hardest." "The record-breaking rainfall and flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, deadly heat, relentless drought and raging wildfires this year are unfortunately our new reality and a fore-taste of our future," Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary General, is quoted as saying. A study based on available data from the International Disaster Database(EM-DAT), the WMO reports that there has been a sevenfold in...