Category: Economic & Social Issues
![[UNStories #12] The Ark of Return: Lest We Forget](https://i2.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/01/unstories-12-the-ark-of-return-lest-we-forget.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #12] The Ark of Return: Lest We Forget
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For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Script in English [PDF]
![[UNStories #91] Portugal: A New Future For Syrian Students](https://i2.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2016/08/unstories-91-portugal-a-new-futu.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #91] Portugal: A New Future For Syrian Students
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Six years after civil war broke out in Syria, young students are forced to complete their university education elsewhere.
Climate Change Summit 2014 – Make A World of Difference
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![[UNStories #10] Qatar: Sweet Epidemic](https://i2.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2013/11/unstories-10-qatar-sweet-epidemic.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #10] Qatar: Sweet Epidemic
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Every five seconds one person develops diabetes...every 10 seconds one person dies of diabetes...every 30 seconds a limb is lost to diabetes. Script in English [PDF]
![[UNStories #24] India: Managing Menstrual Hygiene](https://i0.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2014/10/unstories-24-india-managing-mens.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #24] India: Managing Menstrual Hygiene
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Young girls in India are struggling to get an education due to the lack of facilities and understanding about their monthly menstruation.
![[UNStories #88] The Fight To Protect India’s Tigers](https://i2.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2016/06/unstories-88-the-fight-to-protec.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #88] The Fight To Protect India’s Tigers
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Every year John Isaac, an Indian-born photographer, travels from New York City in the United States to document the rare Bengal tigers of Rajasthan, India.
![[UNStories #7] Ghana: Digital Graveyard](https://i1.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2013/09/unstories-7-ghana-digital-graveyard.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #7] Ghana: Digital Graveyard
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Keeping pace with the latest technology can be a headache sometimes. But in some parts of the world, it can actually cause serious problems. Script in English [PDF]
![[UNStories #37] Trinidad: Saving the Turtles](https://i1.wp.com/blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2015/01/unstories-37-trinidad-saving-the.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
[UNStories #37] Trinidad: Saving the Turtles
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They are among the oldest creatures in the world and they only rarely venture out of the sea. But when they do, Leatherback sea turtles are especially vulnerable - and it takes an unusual combination of people and nat...
![[UNStories #9] Afghanistan: Ending Child Marriage](http://blogs.un.org/unstories/files/2013/10/unstories-9-afghanistan-ending-child-marriage1.jpg)
[UNStories #9] Afghanistan: Ending Child Marriage
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Engaged at just ten years old, Farzana was promised to a 50 year-old farmer, already married with six children. Child marriage is not an unusual practice in Afghanistan, it is an age-old custom. UNICEF is working wit...