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UN Agency: Governments Must Close Gender Pay Gap
March 22, 2017
UN Women has launched a campaign to "stop the biggest robbery in history" by closing what the agency says is a 23 percent global gap between men's and women's pay - brought on by the undervaluing of "informal work" and the "motherhood penalty" - through such centralized national measures as a minimum wage and "universal social protection."
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UN Agency Pushes Food Policy Reform in Eurasia
March 21, 2017
A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization proposes national government policies to encourage a balanced diet and deal with "overnutrition issues" in European and Asian countries, including taxes or subsidies to encourage consumption of healthy foods and requiring the fortification of popular foods with vitamins to enhance their nutritional value.
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UN, EU Seek Global Governance of Marine Resources
March 21, 2017
A recent conference hosted in Paris by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the European Commission aimed to produce a roadmap pushing authorities to adopt "marine spatial planning" techniques to further global governance of marine ecosystems near coastal areas.
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UNICEF Warns Hungary on Detention of Minors
March 21, 2017
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued a statement warning of the potential conflicts of Hungary's new policy requiring the detention of undocumented migrants over 14 years of age with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other provisions of global human rights law.
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Study: UN Deal Requires Zero UK Emissions by 2070
March 21, 2017
The journal Nature Energy has published a study finding that, in order to meet its greenhouse gas emissions pledges under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015, the UK must introduce an "ambitious policy package" targeting zero carbon emissions by the year 2070 at the latest.
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