Empowering Women in Zimbabwe
by Mary Ferreira Rosemary Marimo is a woman with purpose. She began prospecting for gold in Musowe, Zimbabwe with her husband 20 years ago. Now, 60 years old, she has been running the business alone. I first met Rosemary when I visited Zimbabwe to produce a feature...
Meet five UN tour guides on Twitter
Have you every wanted to take a tour of the UN? You can now follow five UN tour guides on Twitter. The guides tweet about their daily experiences, general information about the UN and give an inside glimpse at what is happening at the UN Headquarters in New York. Get...
Social media highlights from the Antarctic, Colombia, DRC, Mali, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Somalia and the UK
Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who contributed!...
Great Zimbabwe
by Mary Ferreira 3 December 2012 - After much flying time, we arrived in Zimbabwe to film a story on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. As part of the story, a workshop sponsored by UNDP, held in the town of Masvingo some 180 miles from Harare, was also covered....
Social media highlights from Australia, Qatar, South Sudan and more
Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who...
Social media highlights from DRC, South Sudan, UN Headquarters and more
Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who...
Social media highlights from Albania, New York City, Gambia and more
Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who...
SOUTH AFRICA: From Victim to Victor
PRODUCER: GILL FICKLING At the deserted end of a beach east of Cape Town, the waves crashing in front against a backdrop of the city’s most famous landmark, Table Mountain, Oyama Mbopa danced. In her head, she sang the Brenda Fassie song “Memeza”, about a woman’s cry...
You can be part of the “Girl with a book” initiative
“The terrorists showed what frightens them most: a girl with a book.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yusufzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl injured in an assassination attempt on her way home from school in October. Thank you to...
How UN staff and offices fared during Hurricane Sandy
UN Headquarters was closed for three days due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York City but the work of the UN continued worldwide and many UN staff were able to work from home, maintaining communications with people around the world and the UN's partners to...