UN Foundation

Beijing+30: A Culmination of International, Intergenerational Dialogue

By Naureen Hossain
Thirty years since the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the resolve that defined and united the world toward a global agenda for gender equality make it just as relevant in 2025.

‘Complex’ Climate Fund Procedures Hindering Development

By Mahfuzur Rahman
Though highly hopeful about achieving the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) well ahead of the 2030 deadline, Bangladesh is upset over the procedures to access the Green Climate Fund, calling them ‘ridiculously complex’ and warning that they may slow down its drive to achieve the SDGs.

Clean Cookstoves Could Change the Lives of Millions in Nepal

By Mallika Aryal
When 26-year-old Laxmi married into the Archaya household in Chhaimale village, Pharping, south of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, she didn’t think she would be spending half the day in the kitchen inhaling smoke from the stove.
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