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02 June 2023
Major Thobeka Mswane, A female peacekeeper from South Africa, committed to make DRC a safer place for women and children.
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International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2023
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The Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the earth’s environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity. These are the goals the UN is working on in South Africa:
Press Release
31 October 2022
Celebrating 7 years of partnerships between the South African Government and the UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)
PRETORIA: Following seven-year term in South Africa, PAGE’s core engagement in South Africa is coming to an end. PAGE UN Agencies and national partners are collaborated to hold a PAGE Transition Ceremony to facilitate continued long-term action towards building an Inclusive Green Economy (IGE).
The most important output of this Transition Ceremony was the sensitization and sharing of experiences of the work that PAGE has supported since 2015. The PAGE South Africa Transition Ceremony was not only be an event to showcase the progress made by national stakeholders towards IGE and a green recovery, but also a means of affirming sustainable development and climate change priorities. In addition, this event gave an opportunity for national stakeholders to be better informed on steps required to build further on the progress made so far. The event consisted of keynote addresses, closing remarks, presentations and feedback solicited from participants on sustainability planning.
The Transition Ceremony presented an opportunity for government to revisit the Sustainability Report for PAGE South Africa: 2022 and Beyond, which was submitted to government in 2020. The Sustainability Report highlighted the key results achieved through PAGE support at the three PAGE outcome levels: national multisectoral level, thematic or sectoral level, and capacity building, which outline various means of sustaining the achievement and bringing impact at scale. Through active input from its National Steering Committee, the Sustainability Report reflects the most recent progress of the country’s initiatives towards an IGE, and what could be further actions to achieve sustainability.
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) aims to put sustainability at the heart of economic policymaking. PAGE is the expertise and mandate of five UN agencies; UNEP, UNDP, ILO, UNIDO, and UNITAR, whose expertise and support assist and lead PAGE partner countries towards their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) by providing policy advice, assessments, capacity development and analytical tools outputs. In addition to support and outputs provided to member countries (22 countries as of March 2022), the PAGE also shares global knowledge products to reinforce the work done at the country level to advance the 2030 Agenda.
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Moipone Kgatle, Page National Coordinator
Email: kgatle@iloguest.org Tshepo Mohatle, Communication and Information Management Assistant, DWT/CO-Pretoria Office
Email: mohatle@ilo.org
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12 October 2022
More than 31 per cent of 15–19-year-old females in South Africa overweight or obese, threatening a noncommunicable diseases epidemic
PRETORIA, 12 October 2022 – The persistent high rates of overweight and obesity, particularly among adolescent girls, is putting lives at risk, as the transition phase between childhood and adulthood is a critical period for the onset of obesity-associated morbidity. Some 31.3 per cent of 15-19-year-old females are overweight or obese, compared to 9.6 per cent of males in the same age range.
UNICEF South Africa has launched ‘My Body, My Health: My Wealth’, a campaign aimed at preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among adolescents and youth, coinciding with National Nutrition Week, 09 to 15 October. This supports the central theme of the Department of Health focus on ‘Making healthy food choices easier’ for all.
“The high rates of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in South Africa are extremely concerning,” said Muriel Mafico, Deputy Representative, UNICEF South Africa. “Investing in and enabling adolescents and young people to improve their mental wellbeing and physical lifestyles, particularly adolescent and young women, will save lives and ensure a more prosperous future for society as a whole,” added Mafico.
Young people’s choices to adopt healthier lifestyles are influenced by school and family environments, as well as peers and role models. Barriers to physical activity include time spent on social media and watching television, feeling tired, availability of facilities, safety, and having enough time all of which can prevent young people from being active – COVID-19 related lockdowns presented an additional challenge.
The My Body, My Health: My Wealth campaign, supported by AstraZeneca's Young Health Programme (YHP), works to make NCD prevention a national priority and enable young people to live healthily. The campaign, co-created with the input of young people, meets adolescents and youth where they are: both online and offline. Creative design, engaging content, live challenges and inspiring role models will spearhead the campaign to lower the incidence of NCDs among youth in South Africa by investing in their health.
NCDs are chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes. Collectively, they are responsible for 70 per cent of deaths worldwide. NCDs are the leading cause of death and disability in South Africa, carrying huge costs to patients, families, communities, the health system and the economy at large. Several NCDs can be prevented by adopting a healthy diet, engaging in regular physical activity, and managing stress levels.
UNICEF South Africa will leverage its extensive network of young volunteers across the country. Youth clubs, in and out of schools, have been invited to join the campaign, share their knowledge and encourage other young people to adopt healthy habits.
Notes to Editors
Statistics come from the South Africa Demographic Health Survey (SADHS 2016), as well as the UNICEF South Africa 2022 study on diet and physical activity among adolescents and youth in South Africa.
Childhood obesity among children under five is 13 per cent, more than two times that of the global average, while 60 per cent of 20–24-year-old women are overweight or obese, compared to about 14.5 per cent of men the same age.
The ‘My Body, My Health: My Wealth’ campaign supports the 2022 ‘National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases’ led by the National Department of Health.
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Press Release
08 October 2022
PRESS STATEMENT: Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed delivers this year’s Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture
Cape Town – In delivering this year’s annual 12th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, last night reminded her audience that as the world continues to mourn the late Archbishop’s loss, we “celebrate his legacy, which has never been more relevant in our world of great pain”.
She exalted the late Archbishop Tutu’s leadership qualities, describing him as a civil servant “who served throughout his life as a towering global figure for peace and an unwavering voice for the voiceless.” He stood above all for courageous hope and healing, based on principles rooted in pragmatism, she added.
This year’s lecture, under the theme, A Vision for Hope and Healing in a Time of Crisis, marked the first posthumous in-person address following the passing of Archbishop Tutu last year. Other leaders who gave previous lectures include the former South African first lady and human rights activist, Gracá Machel, the late and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson.
The lecture series, organized by the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, aims to foster a meaningful dialogue on healing and reconciliation as South Africa strives to rise above its fractured past and current challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and gender-based violence – severe issues that threaten the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2030.
“Our world is in crisis with Africa left behind, yet again,” the Deputy Secretary-General lamented, “Nearly three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, nations across the world, particularly African countries, face a multitude of cascading and compounding crises”.
These included increased poverty, hunger, lack of access to healthcare and quality education and thus leading to greater inequalities while social cohesion is fraying, and xenophobia, nationalism, hate speech and radicalization are on the rise, she added.
“However, it doesn’t have to be this way,” Ms. Mohammed reminded her audience.
“Our planet is packed with the resources we need to thrive, plentiful food and water, and boundless renewable energy. These are unique, irreplaceable resources that must be treasured, protected and handed down from generation to generation.”
Speaking on the UN Agenda 2030 and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the Deputy Secretary-General described the alignment of the two agendas as “a pathway to a world that cherishes human dignity; a world free of poverty, hunger, violence and injustice.”
Ms. Mohammed encouraged people to follow in the footsteps of the late archbishop, in pursuing education as he believed that “education is the most powerful tool that a person can receive to ensure their independence, self-sufficiency and equality.” Archbishop Tutu was a teacher by profession during his early years.
The Deputy Secretary-General noted that the late anti-apartheid activist embodied values of peace, which still resonate today as the archbishop “understood that peace, in its broader conception, can only be achieved if we approach humanity as a community in which – as in any African village – everyone takes care of each other.”
The full address by the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed can be accessed here.
Photo’s can be accessed here.
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For further information, please contact Ntombenhle Shezi, Advocacy and Communications Manager, Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation at ntombenhle@tutu.org.za or +27 21 552 7524; or Zeenat Abdool, Associate Public Information Officer, UN South Africa at abdool@un.org or +27 82 778 8080.
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Press Release
29 September 2022
The 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture — A Vision for Hope and Healing
5 September 2022 – Cape Town - The 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture returns on 7 October 2022, marking the first Lecture since Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s passing at the end of 2021. The event is being held on Archbishop Tutu’s birthday and will honour his extraordinary life while reflecting his legacy into the future.
The heart of the Peace Lecture is rooted in the Foundation’s work to transform our collective consciousness through the courageous pursuit of healing, inspired by the legacy that Archbishop Tutu left for us. In the last few years, we all witnessed the devastating impact of a global pandemic, climate change and conflict. The Arch, as he was fondly known, held a lifelong conviction that one can only get through hard times by holding on to hope. As he put it, “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
In line with this, the 12th International Peace Lecture theme is: A Vision for Hope and Healing.
Chairperson of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Niclas Kjellström-Matseke noted, “We are excited to bring to Cape Town the voices of two powerful and globally influential individuals to deliver this year’s lecture.”
The two speakers are Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, who will appear with best-selling author Doug Abrams. Kjellström-Matseke went on to say, “Amina Mohammed, through her extraordinary work as a global leader can share an inspiring vision for global development. This is well-paired with Doug Abrams’ intimate portraits and ability to draw out the wisdom of many of the elders of our times. I am confident that this will be a powerful moment for us to reimagine the possibilities of a bold future, shaped by collective healing and humanity.”
Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed is credited as being one of the key architects of the Sustainable Development Goals, setting an agenda for how we can develop flourishing societies and planet. She is a globally recognised leader in action to prevent climate change, having served as the Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Abrams is best-known for his collaborative work with Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama to co-author The Book of Joy. He has worked with other Nobel Laureates including Nelson Mandela, Jody Williams, and Elizabeth Blackburn, as well as many visionary scientists. His latest collaboration was the Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times with Jane Goodall, published in 2021.
CEO of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Janet Jobson, noted that, “A conversation that calls on us to project towards a hopeful future is incomplete without the perspective of the youth. We are thus including elements in the overall event for young people and children’s voices to be powerfully heard.”
One way this will be achieved is through a children’s art exhibition at the Cape Town City Hall on the evening of the event. We are inviting young people under the age of eighteen to submit artworks depicting their own visions for hope and healing. Interested participants can post their artworks on social media and tag us, email, or send their submissions to us using the details below:
Email address: public@tutu.org.za
Physical address: The Old Granary, 11 Buitenkant St, Cape Town, 8001
We invite everyone to join us for this powerful dialogue at the Cape Town City Hall, 7 October 2022; 19h00-21h00.
Book your free tickets for The 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture (quicket.co.za) or stream the lecture on tutu.org.za.
For media queries and interviews contact: Ntombenhle@tutu.org.za
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About the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation (DLTLF)
Founded in 2013, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation (DLTLF) strives to take the example of its founders into the future, in part by growing and facilitating powerful and timely voices of moral courage on some of the most pressing issues of our time. Visit tutu.org.za for more information.
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Press Release
05 September 2022
Number of COVID-19 orphans nears 150,000 in South Africa
PRETORIA, 05 September 2022 – COVID-19 associated deaths have left nearly 150,000 children as orphans, according to latest data modelling from Imperial College London, as part of the Global Reference Group for Children Affected by COVID-19: Joint Estimates and Action. That number rises to 207,400 when including children who have lost their primary or secondary caregiver, such as a grandparent.
The tragic figures reiterate the importance of a holistic and child centred response to the broad ranging impact of COVID-19 on childhood, particularly to protect and support children who have been left without one or both parents, or another primary or secondary caregiver.
“Children’s lives have been devastated by the pandemic in so many ways and for those who have lost parents or caregivers the deep scars will last forever,” said Muriel Mafico, UNICEF South Africa, Deputy Representative. “But with love and care, access to social protection, education and opportunities for growth and development, these children can
recover, thrive and realize their full potential,” added Mafico.
The loss of parental support and loved ones during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on mental and physical health. These children are more likely to experience violence and abuse and be neglected and exploited.
“A nurturing, protective and stable family environment at home is vital for positive childhood experiences, yet for orphaned children this is too often a distant dream,” said Mafico.
Efforts to scale up and strengthen the capacity of family-based care and social protection systems are critical to enhance family resilience and help to prevent any recourse to institutional care.
UNICEF South Africa is working with partners to protect every child’s right to live and grow up in an environment that supports their physical, psychological, social and emotional development. This includes through:
Scaling up access to interventions such as Safe Parks that provide a protective and caring environment in which children are nurtured by professionals and caregivers, where they can play, receive learning support, counselling and health services.
Engaging caregivers and households in early childhood development, from learning through play to positive parenting techniques, including building knowledge and skills about how to best nurture children.
Building the capacity of teachers to best support the psychosocial needs of the most vulnerable children in the school environment and in-turn ensure school retention.
Building the capacity of staff in primary health care facilities and community health workers to provide integrated services to children that best protect their mental and physical health.
Increasing uptake of the Child Support Grant to ensure that the most vulnerable households receive help alleviate some of the stresses of everyday life, whilst closing the exclusion rate of 2.2 million eligible children.
Providing the most vulnerable youth with access to skills building opportunities, as well as work and entrepreneurial mentorships and opportunities.
The tragic and increasing number of COVID-19 orphans is also a reminder that COVID-19 is not over, and the virus has led to the deaths of more than 1-million people globally in 2022 alone, according to WHO figures.
Vaccination continues to be the most effective way to prevent serious illness or death. In June this year, The Lancet estimated that 19.8 million lives were saved during the first year of COVID-19 vaccinations, December 2020 to December 2021.
UNICEF South Africa continues its COVID-19 response with the National and Provincial Departments of Health to help build further momentum towards the 70% coverage target of the adult population by the end of 2022. This includes strengthening vaccine cold chain management and systems, as well as communication and community engagement work to bolster COVID-19 vaccine coverage, as well as routine childhood immunization.
UNICEF South Africa is extremely grateful for the support received towards the COVID-19 vaccine response from donors including the Government of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, the Government of Japan and the Cotton On Foundation.
Notes to Editors:
Imperial College London provides a regularly updated chart on estimates of orphanhood in South Africa and across the world and is available here
The Global Reference Group for Children Affected by COVID-19 and Crisis is hosted by and linked to the World Health Organisation to develop up to date evidence of the numbers of children affected by COVID-19 associated orphanhood, and to support policy and programming that can mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on children and adolescents.
The Lancet study, Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study is available here.
COVID-19 associated orphans are defined as being under age 18 and having lost one or both parents.
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02 June 2023
Children on the move: Providing tools to tell stories
“The journeys of children on the move are complex, layered and very necessary to document” emphasizes UNICEF South Africa Child Protection Manager Hellen Nyangoya at the opening of a two-day workshop on Storytelling hosted by the Scalabrini Centre and UNICEF.
The European Union (EU) Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration is a multi-country project funded by the EU and co-founded and implemented by a partnership between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF. Also referred to as ‘Children on the Move’ this programme supports child migrants who are among society’s most vulnerable.
UNICEF South Africa has partnered with the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town to document what has been learned about supporting children on the move over the time of the EU Best Practice Project between 2020 and 2023.
Bringing together a cross section of participants who are working with children on the move nationally, the workshop encouraged participants to, in the words of Ms. Nyangoya “add detail to and bring alive the information you have given us in the interviews, deepen your relationships and share successes, challenges and frustrations.”
There was consensus that sessions like this provide a rare opportunity to “breathe and reflect” as described by Yasmin Rajah from Refugee Social Services in Durban who also noted that “the power of language is critical and cannot be underestimated”.
The stories of children who have been forced through various factors to leave their homes are nuanced and layered and require a necessary degree of understanding and empathy when describing and writing about it. The European Union (EU) Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration Among the issues raised was the importance of not constantly depicting children on the move, as cautioned by one of the participants, as “helpless victims with no agency of their own.”
Indeed, when telling these stories it is important to be cognizant of both the power of memories as well as the significant concepts of ‘belonging and safety’ and how these shape the experiences of children on the move.
With breakaway groups, open conversations and the physical drawing of narratives, the workshop was interactive and lively and included among its sessions:
Being aware of ‘exceptionalising’ refugees vs. integrated (i.e. local children and children on the move)
Understanding notions of alternative care – kinship/fostering care vs. institutions
Being aware of how to use infographics in a compelling and useful manner
Telling stories about particular children or adults that illustrate when best practice worked well e.g. how social workers or officials began to understand key ideas or how a good result was achieved for a child
Understanding the very real experiences of migrant children who have to deal with ‘space-based loss’ and also ‘relational loss’ – and how to tell the stories of what this loss means
The need to also share stories of the barriers that got in ones way e.g. bureaucratic challenges to accessing documents.
The need to think through one’s recommendations to make processes work better
Participants were reminded, through the engaging sessions, that their life-changing work is worth documenting effectively so that the necessary support is given, attitudes shaped, and meaningful difference made in our collective quest to leave no child behind.
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02 June 2023
Major Thobeka Mswane, A female peacekeeper from South Africa, committed to make DRC a safer place for women and children.
In the depths of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the biologically diverse Virunga National Park, in Beni, South African peacekeepers stood to attention. While flags flew high in the cool breeze, and clay dust settled beneath the wings of the newly arrived airplane, a sense of African solidarity filled the air.
Walking up the steps from the runway to MONUSCO’s Republic of South Africa Battalion base, the visitors from Kinshasa were greeted with salutes of peacekeepers: the formality of the occasion quickly softening with a warm smile and handshake from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Ms Bintou Keita.
Shaking the hand of the SRSG was a female peacekeeper whose smile reflected a unique sense of gratitude and a deep presence in the moment. Her name: Major Felicia Thobeka Mswane, the Fire Support Coordinator for the Force Intervention Brigade.
Major Thobeka was coming to the end of her year in service to the people of the DRC, having been responsible for coordinating fire support during operations and ensuring the safety of all those involved in the operations. An immense responsibility, Major Thobeka expressed her passion for her work; “UN Peacekeeping helps countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. My decision to volunteer to serve as a UN Peacekeeper comes from the love to serve my country and to assist in Peacekeeping tasks, knowing that my country has invested in me skills to perform inside the military and individually in organizations like the UN.”
It is with this passion, support from her battalion and that of the organization, that Major Thobeka overcame the challenges that face female peacekeepers: “The military, as an organization, is male dominated,” she said, “[Some] countries do not have female commanders in the Fighting Corps: I was the only female soldier deployed with males in [some instances], making access to limited accommodation and ablution facilities difficult.”
Major Thobeka stated that, however, “the UN acknowledges female peacekeepers and puts in place all necessary support for them, [as are] Commanders always assisting to their best ability.”
As of December 2021, women constitute 7.8 percent of all uniformed military, police, justice, and corrections personnel in United Nations field missions. Women are essential to peacekeeping: they have greater access to communities through women and children, they hold diverse sets of skills in planning and decision-making and encourage women to become a part of peace and political processes.
“Having had the opportunity to deploy on the ground, [I saw that] having females in military teams makes it easier for women and children to feel safe and trust the UN, which works to protect women and children. In times of unrest and conflict, military set ups provided by the UN in the DRC become safe havens for women and children,” Major Mswane stated.
Working in volatile situations, peacekeepers, as ordinary people, can achieve extraordinary things, often leaning on the support of their loved ones, which meant for Major Thobeka, “serving and engaging with the communities of the DRC and listening intently to them has been my greatest achievement, [along with] having completed my tour of duty with no friendly fires.” “I would not have done it without the support of my family: from my siblings to my mother [and] my ten-year-old son, who sent me a message of support every morning,” she continued.
The UN is working to ensure the deployment of more women in uniformed functions through the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, the UN Security Council resolution 1325 (UNSCR1325), which advocates for the equal participation of women in all sectors of peacekeeping operations, and the Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) Declaration of Shared Commitments, through which the UN has called for an expansion of the role and contribution of women in its operations. However, the responsibility for the deployment of women in the police and military ultimately lies with the willingness and proactivity of Member States.
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25 May 2023
The impact of load-shedding on livelihoods: the story of two resilient single-mums
“Stress! Stress! Stress!” is the reaction of 29-year-old Siphokazi Sithole when asked how she feels about energy cuts, or loadshedding as South Africans call them. A single mum of an eight-year-old autistic son, Siphokazi adds that loadshedding severely stresses her out, not only because she needs to ensure everything in the household is done by a certain time, but mainly because it has created a major dent in her income.
Sipho, as she is affectionately known to her friends, runs a mobile salon west of the capital, Pretoria. Living in the poor community of Olieventhoutbosch, Sipho is keenly aware of the importance of education and strives to ensure a better life for herself and her son.
“During COVID, it really was difficult because my business is a mobile salon, and I wasn’t able to travel to my clients’ homes. I got the idea to open a salon here, which I did last year,” she says. Unfortunately for her, despite the end of the lockdown, the salon struggled to pick up because of loadshedding.
“I don’t have an inverter or a generator, I’m afraid it will be stolen because of the community in which I live. So, I have to book my clients for their treatments when there is electricity. But now electricity is often off for four hours at a time,” she says, referring to the loadshedding schedule which results in electricity blackouts for up to 10 or 12 hours a day.
According to the South African Reserve Bank, South Africa loses about R900 million (US$50 million) a day from loadshedding. This forced the government to take extraordinary measures to resolve the energy crisis. In March, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster and appointed a minister to deal with loadshedding.
When asked about the direct impact to her livelihood, Sipho says she needs about R15,000 (US$833) a month to meet her expenses, including rent, food and school and transport costs for her autistic son. While she receives a government grant for her son, it does not cover all the expenses, so she has to ensure she makes enough each month for her son’s special needs.
“I’m thinking of not paying his school fees for a month or two so that I can save up for a small inverter, but I also don’t want trouble with the school, so I don’t know what to do,” sighs Sipho in desperation.
The mobile salon has also suffered as clients only book when they have electricity. Waxing and certain treatments require electricity as Sipho needs to heat up the wax or use the steamer for facials. Loadshedding is leading to some days with no income due to the client and the salon not having electricity at the same times.
Electricity blackouts have led to physical, financial and emotional stress as Sipho deals with bouts of tantrums and distress from her autistic son who hates the dark. She says he loves to draw and when there is loadshedding, he cannot do any activity to keep him occupied while she does house chores.
“There are times where the dark gets to him and I can’t control the bursts of frustration. He doesn’t understand why there is no Wi-Fi for his video games. It then becomes very difficult to manage his behaviour,” says Sipho.
While loadshedding has affected small and large businesses alike, it has also compromised access to quality education for children in remote and rural areas of the country.
In response to the energy crisis, the United Nations in South Africa is implementing many projects around the country to help accelerate the generation of clean energy and find solutions to those communities least prepared to cope with loadshedding. In Mpumalanga, where most coal-fired power stations are based, it has undertaken a comprehensive socioeconomic and livelihoods impact assessment of the energy transition.
Through the South African Wind Energy Programme and in collaboration with the Department of Minerals, Energy and Resources, the UN also started a project in Eastern Cape that used wind turbine technology and solar power to generate electricity. Several schools have benefited from the project by being able to keep the lights on during school hours, providing access to uninterrupted education.
While some of the projects are still in their early stages, more schools in the Eastern Cape are expected to benefit from the programme.
In the Free State Province though, Lungiswa Xhamela is still recovering from the loss of her established and well-reviewed online teaching job due to the rolling blackouts. Following the pandemic, the 34-year-old mum was retrenched. Lungiswa then applied for an online teaching position to support her eight-year-old daughter and unemployed mum.
“It’s very difficult to get recruited into these online companies. But once you’re in, you get booked to teach based on reviews and it was going well. On a good month I would make at least R18,000 (US$1,000),” says Lungiswa. However, following the extended hours of loadshedding, her ratings began to drop. “Loadshedding completely killed my business,” she says. She went from having 20 students to just one.
Following an article on News24, an online news site, about her situation, a donor gave Lungiswa a power generator. “I’m glad that I have the generator and my profile is still active on the online teaching platform but due to the damage already done, my reviews are bad and therefore no one will book me. It’s not because of my teaching, but really because I was seen as unreliable for not showing up for lessons,” she says.
Recognizing that loadshedding is increasing the existing digital divide in South Africa and people such as Lungiswa are struggling to keep their businesses afloat, the UN through UNDP teamed up with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, a local think tank, in support of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). They rolled out the T.V. White Spaces (TVWS) network technology in rural areas under a project called, “Support to SMMEs to Provide Low-Cost Internet in Township and Rural Communities”.
The TVWS harnesses unused spectrum between T.V. broadcast bands that can be exploited to provide broadband without interference to the broadcasters. Through this initiative, the SMMEs are providing affordable digital connectivity via Wi-Fi hotspots to individuals, schools, clinics, taxi ranks, digital hubs, and other public facilities in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern and Western Cape, and the Free State.
This initiative forms part of UN’s ongoing efforts to pursue inclusive growth through support to entrepreneurship and youth development programmes. The programme extends internet connectivity to vulnerable populations in remote areas and bridges the digital divide, giving communities the full benefits information technology can deliver.
While loadshedding remains a persistent challenge to the livelihoods of ordinary South Africans, the UN in South Africa together with partners, are working in different provinces to find alternative and sustainable solutions to help mitigate the impact of the rolling blackouts for people like Sipho and Lungiswa.
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25 May 2023
United Nations joins South Africa in finding answers to the energy crisis
After driving for almost two hours from South Africa’s capital, Pretoria – but still a few kilometres away from our destination – tall chimneys, several boilers and surrounding buildings appear from the horizon, dominating the roughly flat landscape. A few minutes later, we arrive at Komati Power Station, a coal-fired station run by a state-owned company, Eskom, the country’s major supplier of electricity.
The purpose of our visit to Komati in Mpumalanga Province – as a United Nations team led by the head of the UN in South Africa and its Resident Coordinator, Nelson Muffuh – was to learn from Eskom authorities their plans for a just transition for the employees and local communities affected by the mothballed plant, and how it is going to be reused as a source for renewable energy.
Komati was decommissioned or retired in October 2022 after having operated for 61 years. At its peak, the plant used to contribute 1,000 megawatts of electricity to the national grid. As the seventh biggest coal producer in the world, South Africa gets 80% of its electricity needs from coal-fired plants to power Africa’s second biggest economy.
The country is currently going through a crippling nationwide energy crisis, forcing Eskom to implement rotational power cuts or loadshedding for up to 10 hours day.
The environmental and social impacts on South Africa’s reliance on coal to generate electricity is astounding. According to Greenpeace, an advocacy group, the air pollution in Mpumalanga Province – which supplies the bulk of the country’s coal needs – is the most polluted in the world, with record levels of nitrogen dioxide. The province hosts more than 83% of SA’s coal production and most of the coal-powered plants.
The lingering headache among South Africans is the morning after – the plight of employees who will lose their jobs, and the fate of the affected communities, when more plants are closed, as is being planned. This is despite pledges by authorities that they will carefully manage the switch to renewable energy and ensure that closing coal plants will be spread over a reasonable timeframe. Undoubtedly, these assurances also recognize that South Africa has an abundance of coal which continue to play a key role in generating the bulk of its electricity needs.
In a statement Eskom issued on the day the Komati plant was officially shut down, the public utility company said it “has developed a comprehensive Just Energy Transition (JET) Strategy which places equal importance on the ‘transition to lower carbon technologies,’ and the ability to do so in a manner that is ‘just’ and sustainable. The remaining employees will take part in the Komati Repowering and Repurposing project.”
The statement goes on to say: “The power plant will be converted into a renewable generation site powered with 150MW of solar, 70MW of wind and 150MW of storage batteries, thereby continuing to put the site and its associated transmission infrastructure into good use and to provide economic opportunities to the community.”
During a briefing to the UN team by Komati’s managers, economic activities at the plant have already started – albeit still on a small scale. There is the desalination plant which produces high quality, blue-drop certified water, which is then sold to local communities.
Another is the aquaponics project, which grows fish in tanks and uses their waste as nutrients to feed plants without soil. Currently the fish of choice is the tilapia, which is popular among South Africans.
The managers informed the UN team that before Eskom closed the plant, it carried out an exhaustive study of its economic and social impacts, which involved consulting workers, labour unions and the affected communities, among others.
Eskom says the plan to reuse Komati as a source for renewable energy is “one of the largest coal-fired power plant decommissioning, repowering and repurposing projects globally and will serve as a global reference on how to transition fossil-fuel assets.”
For its part, the UN in South Africa has also initiated several projects in local communities in the provinces of Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo as part of its contribution to the country’s transition to clean and renewable resources.
In the province of Mpumalanga, the UN family has a range of concluded, ongoing and planned projects, from climate finance of climate-resilient schools and health care facilities, to the looking at the impact of energy and environment on children, working on youth entrepreneurship in the sector, green learning (UNICEF); conducting a situational analysis to examine opportunities and challenges for a JET and capacity building for municipal managers on JT (ILO); as well as working with ESKOMs energy transition programme (which includes financing the ESKOM repurposing and repowering initiative) and community development (WB). The plans are to increase the UN initiatives in Mpumalanga, because this is the province where most of the socio-economic impacts of the energy transition will be felt.
In Eastern Cape, one example of the UN initiatives is a project by the UNDP, which set up a wind-solar hybrid mini-grid in the Upper Blinkwater community and installed groundwater-pumping wind turbines in two remote schools. The project now provides the local community with access to clean and affordable energy, benefiting almost 60 households and improving access to clean water to about 550 students and 16 teachers.
At the COP26 conference in Glasgow in 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the European Union announced they would make available US$8.5 billion to speed up South Africa’s transition from reliance on coal-fired plants to clean energy under a Just Energy Transition Partnership. Progress has already been made on how and when these funds will be released and used to solve South Africa’s energy crisis, and, as part of this initiative, the South African Government has launched an investment plan at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2022.
Several more coal-fired plants are expected to meet the same fate as Komati. What is clear is that it’s no longer a question of whether more plants will be closed or not, but when they will eventually be put to rest. Hence the need to start the transition now.
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19 May 2023
#OnMyMind: Better mental health for every child in South Africa
Unfortunately, this is not the case for many children and young people in South Africa.
Children and adolescents face numerous challenges – including individual, social, and environmental factors – that impact their mental wellbeing. Not feeling safe, exposure to high levels of community violence, child maltreatment and gender-based violence are some of the factors that have a significant impact on the wellbeing of children and adolescents.
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the mental health burden that young people face. A U-Report South Africa poll in 2022 found that some 73 per cent of children and young people felt they needed mental health support in 2022. The disruption to young people’s routines, education, recreation, as well as concern for family income and health, has left many young people feeling afraid, angry depressed and anxious about the future.
While the mental health crisis is critical, there are also reasons for hope.
The same U-Report poll found that 38 per cent of those who felt they needed mental health support actively sought help and a further 67 per cent of respondents stepped up to support a friend’s mental wellbeing.
A key pillar that guides UNICEF’s work in South Africa is a commitment to ending all forms of violence – from prevention and early intervention to improving the mental and physical wellbeing of young people. Parenting programmes and early childhood development form a core part of the response to give every child the best start in life.
This page aims to support YOU across four areas of action – seeking help, shifting the narrative, understanding, and having the conversation.
Unfortunately this is not the case for many children and young people in South Africa.
Children and adolescents face numerous challenges – including individual, social, and environmental factors – that impact their mental wellbeing. Not feeling safe, exposure to high levels of community violence, child maltreatment and gender-based violence are some of the factors that have a significant impact on the wellbeing of children and adolescents.
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the mental health burden that young people face. A U-Report South Africa poll in 2022 found that some 73 per cent of children and young people felt they needed mental health support in 2022. The disruption to young people’s routines, education, recreation, as well as concern for family income and health, has left many young people feeling afraid, angry depressed and anxious about the future.
While the mental health crisis is critical, there are also reasons for hope.
The same U-Report poll found that 38 per cent of those who felt they needed mental health support actively sought help and a further 67 per cent of respondents stepped up to support a friend’s mental wellbeing.
A key pillar that guides UNICEF’s work in South Africa is a commitment to ending all forms of violence – from prevention and early intervention to improving the mental and physical wellbeing of young people. Parenting programmes and early childhood development form a core part of the response to give every child the best start in life.
This page aims to support YOU across four areas of action – seeking help, shifting the narrative, understanding, and having the conversation.
SEEKING HELP
SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE
UNDERSTANDING
HAVING THE CONVERSATION
Seeking help
The first step and sometimes we need a little encouragement to take it.
Being aware of when you need support and knowing where to go for help is the first step. UNICEF – with support from META – ran a 2023 mental health campaign on Facebook that reached more than 17,5 million people in South Africa with coping tips and the counselling service contact numbers for our partner, Childline, as well as the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG).
WHERE TO GET HELP
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Press Release
30 May 2023
United Nations in South Africa observes International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Pretoria – The United Nations in South Africa together with government representatives, members of the South African National Defence Force, led by its Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya, and bereaved family members of fallen South African UN peacekeepers, yesterday observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers at a wreath-laying ceremony in Bloemfontein in Free State Province. This year’s theme is: “Peace Begins with Me” and seeks to demonstrate the powerful impact of UN peacekeeping and its partners on the lives of millions of people caught up in catastrophic conflicts.
Speaking at the commemorative event, the Resident Coordinator and head of the UN in South Africa, Nelson Muffuh, expressed his gratitude to South Africa for its commitment and contribution towards UN peacekeeping in Africa and around the world. In paying tribute to the fallen heroes, he said that “brave men and women from South Africa put their lives at risk daily in their efforts to bring peace and security in the countries in which they operate,” adding, “many other South African men and women have paid the ultimate price in the service for global peace including silencing the guns across Africa. And for their service and sacrifice, we shall forever be grateful to them, to their beloved families and to all South Africans.”
Currently, South Africa provides 1,189 personnel to UN peacekeeping, making it the 15th largest contributor among all UN Member States. It is also the 6th largest contributor of women peacekeepers, with 230 now serving in various missions. South Africa’s largest deployment is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also contributes police personnel to the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, Sudan and the UN Mission in South Sudan. In recent decades, South Africa has also contributed to UN peace operations in Burundi, Ethiopia-Eritrea, Liberia, Nepal and to the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur, Sudan.
In his speech the Resident Coordinator said “peacekeeping remains as relevant as ever” while highlighting its positive impact in the world today. “Our peacekeepers, South Africans among them, protect civilians, help build national capacities and institutions, advance political solutions and development and build long-term peace,” said Mr. Muffuh, while also conveying the message of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, in marking this year’s 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping operations. Over the past 75 years, more than 2 million women and men from 125 countries have served in 72 peacekeeping missions.
For interviews and media enquiries, please contact Zeenat Abdool, UN South Africa - Associate Public Information Officer, at abdool@un.org or 0827788080.
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Press Release
25 May 2023
United Nations in South Africa rallies behind the fight against the recent outbreak of cholera
Pretoria – The United Nations in South Africa is mobilizing its resources and rallying behind current national efforts to overcome the recent outbreak of cholera including in Hammanskraal area in Pretoria. So far 21 people, including children, have died due to the preventable diarrhoeal disease, with 77 confirmed cases.
“We are saddened by these avoidable and tragic deaths due to cholera and would like to express our deep condolences to the affected families. We wish speedy recovery to those who have been hospitalized,” said Nelson Muffuh, the head of the UN in South Africa and its Resident Coordinator. “We are proactively working together with the national and provincial governments, as well as relevant stakeholders and partners to bring relief to affected communities and prevent a further deterioration of the situation. The UN in South Africa has started mobilizing technical and material resources in response to the outbreak, particularly in the provinces of Gauteng and Free State where the disease has been identified and is intensifying.”
The coordinated efforts of the UN in South Africa, primarily through the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the UN Country Team and the UN Communications Group, started in February this year when the first imported case of cholera was identified. The WHO immediately mobilized and deployed seven technical officers in the two provinces to provide support in crucial areas that included coordination, case management, environmental health, epidemiology/surveillance, data management, infection prevention and control. UNICEF in consultation with the UN Communications Group and the Department of Health immediately initiated the crafting and dissemination of awareness raising and other messaging assets.
As part of its commitment to sharing knowledge on the disease with South Africans, WHO recently organized a webinar on cholera in which more than 700 people participated, including provincial and national experts from the Government’s Department of Health. The event helped to share regional cholera epidemiology reports and provide technical guidelines on addressing cholera.
In coordination with the Department of Health, WHO is finalizing plans to assist in epidemiological work, which involves identifying the sources of transmission, and surveillance efforts, including case-based surveillance. Additionally, WHO will support efforts to develop and distribute situation reports throughout the country, particularly in the affected provinces. These measures will contribute to a better understanding of the outbreak, to enable a more effective response.
With its current preliminary efforts focusing mainly on prevention activities, UNICEF, along with WHO, the Department of Health and other partners, has started an awareness raising campaign to educate the local communities on how to prevent contracting cholera through various hygienic measures such as water boiling and frequent hand washing. These outreach activities, which use both traditional and new media, include giving media interviews, both TV and radio, and developing and sharing social media content.
UNICEF has also activated the U-Report platform of 230,000 registered users to send out cholera warning and prevention tips, activating its social listening platform, Talkwalker, and to monitor online chatter and information being shared about the cholera situation. It also plans to use community radio stations and the multimedia ‘Truck’ to educate the public on cholera prevention measures. Other planned activities include activating the ‘Girls and Boys Education Movement’ in schools to expand hygiene promotion messages and procuring water and sanitation supplies for schools as well as early childhood education centres in affected or risky areas.
“With these activities and various others in the pipeline, the UN in South Africa is committed to support the Government and our partners in their efforts to prevent the deadly cholera outbreak from spreading further and claiming more lives,” said Mr. Muffuh.
For interviews and media enquiries, please contact Zeenat Abdool, UN South Africa - Associate Public Information Officer, at abdool@un.org or 082778808
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Press Release
24 May 2023
Two children among latest cholera deaths in Gauteng province
Two children are among fifteen people now reported to have died from the cholera outbreak in South Africa, according to the Gauteng Department of Health. The recent deaths have occurred in Hammanskraal, Gauteng province, while cholera cases have also been reported in other areas, including Free State province.
The worsening outbreak in South Africa comes after UNICEF warned on 19 May about a global cholera catastrophe without urgent action. “The current global cholera situation is unprecedented due to the alarming size of the outbreaks, geographic spread, and extraordinarily high rate of deaths,” said Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni, UNICEF’s global Public Health Emergency unit head in Geneva.
“This is a wake-up call. The longer we go without the needed support to control and prevent cholera, the more the disease spreads, and the more the funding needs grow,” Pfaffman added, referring to the investment needed in water and sanitation infrastructure and hygiene promotion to prevent and slow cholera outbreaks.
Cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water and causes severe diarrhea and dehydration. Left untreated, cholera can be fatal in a matter of hours. Most people exposed to cholera never know they’ve been infected but they shed cholera bacteria in their stool for seven to 14 days and can infect others through contaminated water.
“This is a disease that nobody should die from,” said Muriel Mafico, UNICEF South Africa Deputy Representative. “When cholera hits anyone can be affected but young children are often the most vulnerable and more children are now at risk without urgent action,” added Mafico.
Underinvestment in water, sanitation, and health systems is a risk indicator for cholera, with 97 per cent of global cholera cases over the decade, 2010-2021, occurring in countries with the world’s lowest water and sanitation services levels. Cholera disproportionately affects poor and vulnerable communities without access to basic services and where health systems are weakest.
The COVID-19 pandemic and response also highlighted the importance of improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities to prevent and slow disease spread. “The cholera outbreak reiterates the importance of ensuring access to safe water and sanitation systems and encouraging good hygiene practices among children, caregivers and communities to help protect them from cholera and other diseases,” said Mafico.
UNICEF South Africa and partners are working with and stand ready to further support the Department of Health, to provide the most effective response possible, including through UNICEF’s mandated areas of risk communication and community engagement, health and WASH related work.
Parents and caregivers in affected areas should be on high alert for signs of severe watery diarrhoea, with vomiting, particularly in children, and seek urgent medical attention. Cholera can cause severe fluid loss of up to a litre per hour, and stools which are pale, milky in colour, and look like the water in which rice has been rinsed.
Parents and caregivers can help themselves and their loved ones by:
Washing hands regularly using soap and water, especially after using the toilet, changing nappies or before eating.
Using safe water (disinfected, boiled or bottled) for drinking, washing fruit and vegetables for cooking.
Cooking food thoroughly, keeping it covered, and eating immediately after cooking while still hot.
Continuing to breast feed infants and young children, breastmilk is the most nutritious food for children and the best way to protect them from illness and disease.
The cholera outbreak comes at a time when cases of diphtheria, mumps and measles are also being recorded in South Africa, amid a backslide in childhood immunisation coverage. Parents and caregivers are advised to not only maintain good hygiene practices but also make sure that their children are up to date with their routine immunisations for protection from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Notes to editors:
The free National Health Hotline – 0800 029 999 – can be contacted 24 hours for further information for people who are concerned about or suspect cholera cases.
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Press Release
24 April 2023
Global Africa Business Initiative introduced to South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, 17 April 2023 - The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has been introduced to South Africa at the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Business Forum being held in Cape Town this week held under the leadership of Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of AfCFTA.
GABI, initiated under the leadership of Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, in partnership with the African Union, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa and other partners, will help promote sustainable investment and foster collaboration on initiatives and can support the implementation of the AfCFTA. The African Union has made the theme of 2023 the “Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation.”
During opening remarks at the AfCTA Business Forum Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General and CEO, UN Global Compact noted the importance of GABI to AfCFTA’s work: “By leveraging an extensive network of partners, including the African Union, GABI seeks to address challenges unique to Africa and catalyze long-term solutions. In alignment with the African Union’s 2023 priorities, GABI will foster collaboration on initiatives that support the implementation of AfCFTA. The African business community must utilize this Agreement to drive forward socioeconomic transformation.”
AfCFTA will play a key role in fueling trade and investment opportunities within the continent as well as the world with multiple initiatives which include facilitating easier trade across borders, increased investment in renewable energy and promoting the growth of Africa’s creative and cultural industries. According to the World Bank, AfCFTA could boost regional income by $450 billion, speed up wage growth for women and lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035.
GABI will complement AfCFTA’s mission to accelerate economic growth, regional integration and advance sustainable development by bringing together African heads of state, UN leadership and philanthropy, as well as CEOs and key players from the private sector, to highlight the business opportunities and sector development of AfCFTA to a global audience. For 2023, GABI’s key themes are energy access and energy transition, digital transformation, and inclusive growth and trade.
During her visit to South Africa, Sanda Ojiambo co-hosted with Nelson Muffuh, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in South Africa, a CEO Dinner and Dialogue on the Global Africa Business Initiative. In her welcoming remarks, she noted the growth and potential of the country:
“South Africa is leading the way towards energy access and a low carbon economy, accelerating its Just Energy Transition through public partnerships and private investment. We’ve heard how the digital transformation is revolutionizing the way South Africans live, learn and work. This transformation is opening new markets for exports and services, deepening partnerships with governments, and increasing productivity, competitiveness and service delivery.”
During the dinner, Ojiambo noted the importance of private sector efforts and public-private partnerships to drive the continent’s development agenda and encouraged those present to attend the 2023 SDG Summit in September.
Contact
Alexandra Gee, UN Global Compact, Email: gee@unglobalcompact.org and Zeenat Abdool, UN Information Centre, Pretoria, Email:abdool@un.org, Tel: +27827788 030
Notes to Editors
About the UN Global Compact
As a special initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Global Compact is a call to companies worldwide to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 18,000 companies and 3,800 non-business signatories based in over 101 countries, and 65 Local Networks, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative — one Global Compact uniting business for a better world. For more information, visit our website at unglobalcompact.org.
About the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI)
Africa has staked its position as the cornerstone of the world’s future. The continent is now positioned to be the most important driver of global business with a $2.5 trillion market opportunity. The Global Africa Business Initiative is designed to highlight opportunities on the continent where every sector of the economy from manufacturing to agriculture to services to finance is on a growth trajectory. The environment is primed for ambitious plays, for an infusion of creative and decisive moves for economic growth and sustainable development. To learn more and register to attend visit www.gabi.biz
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Press Release
17 March 2023
Call for Applications for the Dag Hammarskjöld Fund Journalism Fellowship
The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists for its 2023 fellowship program. The application deadline is April 24, 2023.
The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, who are interested in coming to New York to report on international affairs during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly during the opening 10 weeks. Travel and accommodations in New York, as well as a per diem allowance are provided.
The fellowships are open to journalists who are native to the mainly developing countries in Africa, Asia (including Pacific Island nations), and Latin America/the Caribbean and are currently working for media organizations. Applicants must demonstrate an interest in and commitment to international affairs and to conveying a better understanding of the U.N. to their readers and audiences. They must also have approval from their media organizations to spend up to three months in New York to report from the U.N. The program is not intended to provide basic skills training to journalists; all fellowship recipients must be media professionals.
Journalists are selected each year after a review of all applications and given the incomparable opportunity to observe international diplomatic deliberations and to gain a broader perspective and understanding of matters of global concern. Many past fellows have risen to prominence in their professional and countries.
Fellowship eligibility criteria and documentation requirements, as well as the fellowship application, form can be found on the Fund’s web site at www.unjournalismfellowship.org
Questions about the program, eligibility and the application process can be directed by email to fellowship2023@unjournalismfellowship.org.
Although the Fund is based at the U.N., it does not receive financial support from the world organization. The Fund was established as an independent entity by U.N. journalists 56 years ago as a living memorial to the legacy of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjóld. It continues to be operated by U.N. journalists and relies on financial support from U.N. Missions, foundations, organizations and individuals.
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