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Breaking the silence

Allow me to start at the beginning. On my first day in New York to take up the post of Special Adviser, I went to the Pass and ID office on 45th street to get my new grounds pass. As directed by the security guard, I stood in the queue. It was not very busy. An...

Striving for an anti-racist workplace

Alcinda Manuel Honwana is a social anthropologist from Mozambique. She joined the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC) as Director of the Anti-Racism Team (ART) in December 2022. Prior to joining the United Nations, Alcinda was Centennial...

The Anti-Racism Advocates: moving from dialogue to action

The Strategic Action Plan on Addressing Racism and Promoting Dignity for All (SAP) at the United Nations Secretariat, outlines a mission to combat racism within the organization. The Anti-Racism Office oversees, coordinates, and monitors the SAP’s implementation by...

Argentine meteorologist makes history at WMO

As a child, Celeste Saulo wanted to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps and become a teacher. She loved physics and mathematics at school and an aptitude test suggested she would excel at computer science, geology, architecture, meteorology or astronomy. She was...

MeteoSwiss: taking the pulse of weather and climate

MeteoSwiss is the Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology. As Switzerland’s national weather and climate service, MeteoSwiss has been playing an important role in the country’s safety and prosperity for almost 160 years, providing the basis for decision-making...

The future of migration

You have started as Director General of IOM at a time when the world is facing a multitude of humanitarian challenges. How do you intend to lead IOM to make it fit for purpose and be able to face these challenges? For too long, we’ve treated migration as a problem to...

Migrant deaths must never be normalized

Ugochi Daniels was appointed as the International Organization of Migration’s (IOM) Deputy Director General (DDG) for Operations in 2021, and since then she has used her significant experience working for the UN in humanitarian contexts to lead many departments in the...

Adapting to a changing world

Born in the wake of the Second World War, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was designed to support those displaced by the deadliest and most destructive war in human history. Today, it continues to assist people impacted by violence – extending...

FOCUS ON

Breaking the silence

Allow me to start at the beginning. On my first day in New York to take up the post of Special Adviser, I went to the Pass and ID office on 45th street to get my new grounds pass. As directed by the security guard, I stood in the queue. It was not very busy. An...

Striving for an anti-racist workplace

Alcinda Manuel Honwana is a social anthropologist from Mozambique. She joined the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC) as Director of the Anti-Racism Team (ART) in December 2022. Prior to joining the United Nations, Alcinda was Centennial...

The Anti-Racism Advocates: moving from dialogue to action

The Strategic Action Plan on Addressing Racism and Promoting Dignity for All (SAP) at the United Nations Secretariat, outlines a mission to combat racism within the organization. The Anti-Racism Office oversees, coordinates, and monitors the SAP’s implementation by...

Argentine meteorologist makes history at WMO

As a child, Celeste Saulo wanted to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps and become a teacher. She loved physics and mathematics at school and an aptitude test suggested she would excel at computer science, geology, architecture, meteorology or astronomy. She was...

MeteoSwiss: taking the pulse of weather and climate

MeteoSwiss is the Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology. As Switzerland’s national weather and climate service, MeteoSwiss has been playing an important role in the country’s safety and prosperity for almost 160 years, providing the basis for decision-making...

The future of migration

You have started as Director General of IOM at a time when the world is facing a multitude of humanitarian challenges. How do you intend to lead IOM to make it fit for purpose and be able to face these challenges? For too long, we’ve treated migration as a problem to...

Migrant deaths must never be normalized

Ugochi Daniels was appointed as the International Organization of Migration’s (IOM) Deputy Director General (DDG) for Operations in 2021, and since then she has used her significant experience working for the UN in humanitarian contexts to lead many departments in the...

Adapting to a changing world

Born in the wake of the Second World War, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was designed to support those displaced by the deadliest and most destructive war in human history. Today, it continues to assist people impacted by violence – extending...

Logging into equality

Information and communications technologies have opened up new opportunities and aided efforts towards promoting gender equality. However, they can also be used as tools to perpetrate Gender-Based Violence (GBV). While there is no internationally agreed definition for...

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