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Critics have said justice takes too long, and perpetrators are not always held accountable in cases of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel. Appointed by the Secretary-General in 2017, Jane Connors , the UN’s first Victims’ Rights Advocate, is tasked with getting a victim-centred approach installed across the system’s more than 35 entities. UN News: How would you assess progress made to date? Jane Connors: There has been good progress in getting people to understand from policy point of view that the victim and their rights and dignity are extremely important. The challenge is to get that translated into reality on the ground. We’ve had very good progress where we have victims’ rights advocates on the ground, in Central African Republic, DR Congo, Haiti, and South Sudan. Sexual exploitation or abuse often results in a pregnancy, and the men almost always abandon the women because they have another family elsewhere. More reports have come forward, and more has been d

  Note from the editor: Myra Rudin shows here one of her travel collections, one where she has been photographing people at work.  I like her composition skills and her thematic choices.  Scroll till the end! You will have a surprise!  Tell us how many people do you recognize?  This is what Myra has to say:  When I travel, I enjoy taking photos of the local scene as much as the important or notable sites.  That includes folks at their daily jobs, some of which are basic throughout the world, others indicative only to their respective city/country.    Some of these photos are from my own city (NYC), where having a cell phone on hand makes it easy to capture someone at his/her "daily grind". With so many tourists around town snapping photos, I often just blend in with the crowd.  When away from home, I AM the tourist, and somehow feel less timid when I want to photograph someone.   Obviously, there are thousands of "daily grinds" around the world.  These photos includ

Welcome to a brief overview of articles that appeared last week on our website. Please don't stop here - be sure to browse the full list of articles that appeared this week.  xunicefnewsandviews.blogspot.com Our Feature of the Week Myra Rudin offers us a photo essay on 'people at work' drawn from her collection of travel photos. Wherever Myra travels, she enjoys taking photos of the local scene as much as the important or notable sites. We like her composition skills and her thematic choices. Please scroll till the end! You will have a surprise, and let us know in your comments how many people you recognize? Click here Soda fountain workers (So. Dakota) Our Columnists This Week  Ken Gibbs  Fireworks  Fouad Kronfol  Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp #94 :International Year of the Child  Detlef Palm   The Pentaptych  Nuzhat Shahzadi  Pearl Harbor––A story of Heart breaks . . . and Shame  Ramesh Shrestha Boundary of Nationalism: Ramesh Shreshtra The news thi

  Unknown  commented on  " Sudan: UN humanitarians will return to Khartoum ‘as quickly as possible’: UN News " 4 hours ago The legendary liberation fighter, the late Dr. John Garang, once said: "I will continue fighting the war, it is the responsibility of the international community to feed the people".    Unknown  commented on  " Sudan: UN humanitarians will return to Khartoum ‘as quickly as possible’: UN News " 14 hours ago Are the taxpayers in the global north to be held more responsible for the welfare of the Sudanese people than the sovereign country's own leaders?     Fouad Kronfol  commented on  " The Pentaptych: Detlef Palm " 17 hours ago With its far-flung offices and its growth in size, it seems appropriate for a new Executive Director to meet all the senior managers early in her/his tenure. After all the UNICEF Reps. also personally represent the ED who would want to know firsthand about them. Moreover, the Reps. should hav