The caravan is not a "National Emergy" or a security threat. Many of these individuals are fleeing violence in their home country with the intention of seeking asylum.
They are people. They have human rights. You cannot scare us away from the truth.
At least 20 countries do it routinely, but testing the virginity of a girl or woman is:
▪️painful
▪️humiliating
▪️unnecessary
▪️impossible
Here's why @WHO, @UNHumanRights & @UN_Women call for an end to the practice ⬇️https://t.co/7CUSe01U6e
Between 15 and 27 Oct, 32 million children will be vaccinated against #measles in #Pakistan in a countrywide immunization campaign supported by the #polio programme’s greatest asset: its people. Read more: https://t.co/dWtf8bGIC9
#VaccinesWork
When a new virus emerges it can turn into a pandemic if:
➡️it easily infect people
➡️it spreads between people
➡️most people have no immunity against it. https://t.co/mK4KWHKl3c
80 immunization centres operating across #Syria’s Idlib, Aleppo and Hama governorates.
Around 50,000 children per month are being vaccinated in each governorate thanks to @DFID_UK#WHOImpact
ACHOOO! 🤧
Influenza may not always be thought of by most people as a serious illness – the symptoms of headaches, runny nose, cough, muscle pain can make people confuse it with a heavy cold. Yet seasonal #influenza kills up to 650,000 people every year https://t.co/mK4KWHKl3c
Our update on #FreedomOfMovement in e. #Ukraine:
-Over a million #civilian crossings across the "contact line" in Sep.
-#Shelling, #landmines & lack of health/sanitation facilities - major concern
-Improvement works continue at #checkpoints
See more👉 https://t.co/RVGHpoDo4h
Half of the world’s #refugees are children. Of the children who are of school age, more than half are not getting an #education – that equates to 4 MILLION young minds not in #school even though they are bursting with potential.
Join us calling for the #RightToEducation
👨👩👦👦Dozens killed and injured
🔌Limited access to electricity
👨👩👧👧 425,000 people displaced
📚Low school enrollment
🏥Health facilities operating on reduced levels
➡️ This is the devastating impact of the ongoing conflict in #Yemen's Al Hudaydah. More: https://t.co/Y4OuU7cvTf
Being a refugee is challenging.
Being isolated as one is even more challenging.
Our community centre in Beirut has helped Samer find friends and laughter. https://t.co/WJr7GmXA8Z