UNV and UNODC: a transformative partnership benefiting peace and security in West Africa

UNV partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has been partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 1999. Since a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2013, more than 100 UN Volunteers have served with UNODC in 25 countries.

UNV has developed a successful partnership with the UNODC Regional Office for West and Central Africa based in Dakar, especially in the mobilization of youth volunteers.  Over the course of three years, 21 UN Volunteers and UN Youth Volunteers have supported UNODC in Senegal in the fight against illicit drugs and transnational organized crime in the region. They especially contribute in the cross-cutting areas such as programme management, communications and monitoring & evaluation.

UNV Online Volunteering Award 2017: UNV honours outstanding Online Volunteers and launches public voting

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UNV Online Volunteering Award 2017: UNV honours outstanding Online Volunteers and launches public voting

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Report of the Secretary-General: Integrating volunteerism in the next decade (A/70/118)

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The UNGA anticipating discussions on the post-2015 development agenda, in its resolution 67/138 requested the Secretary-General to report at its seventieth session and to include a plan of action, developed by UNV.

UNV and UNDP engage young talent with disabilities for the SDGs

Bonn, Germany
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The UNDP-UNV Talent Programme will offer young people with disabilities the opportunity to acquire practical work experience and exposure to the work of the UN Development System through assignments with country, regional or headquarters offices of UNDP and other UN entities. UNDP-UNV will identify relevant assignments and select applicants. Programme participants and host offices will benefit from dedicated support, guidance and professional development opportunities as part of the programme.

UNV and UNDP engage young talent with disabilities for the SDGs

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The UNDP-UNV Talent Programme will offer young people with disabilities the opportunity to acquire practical work experience and exposure to the work of the UN Development System through assignments with country, regional or headquarters offices of UNDP and other UN entities. UNDP-UNV will identify relevant assignments and select applicants. Programme participants and host offices will benefit from dedicated support, guidance and professional development opportunities as part of the programme.

UN Volunteers transforming women’s lives

International Women's Day
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This year, International Women’s Day comes on the heels of an unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality and justice. Echoing the priority theme of the upcoming 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, International Women’s Day draws attention to the rights and activism of rural women, who make up over a quarter of the world population, and are being left behind in every measure of development.

UN Volunteers transforming women’s lives

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This year, International Women’s Day comes on the heels of an unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality and justice. Echoing the priority theme of the upcoming 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, International Women’s Day draws attention to the rights and activism of rural women, who make up over a quarter of the world population, and are being left behind in every measure of development.

Women volunteers fight natural hazards while enhancing gender equality in Rwanda

Disaster Risk Reduction
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Volunteerism accelerates gender equality. This is demonstrated by more than 300 women community volunteers in Rwanda fighting natural hazards in their villages by alerting their communities of early warning signs using radios and cell phones.

International Women’s Day 2018 revolves around the theme “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”– women going on the streets, women fighting in their communities, women coming together for their rights. This is happening as much in big capitals of the world as in small communities and villages.

Preventing violence against women and girls in Indonesia and Cambodia

Partners for Prevention in Asia and the Pacific
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Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic and gross human rights violation that must be addressed at the root cause in order to stop violence before it occurs. Two national UN Volunteers with the Partners for Prevention Joint Programme in Indonesia and Cambodia engaged local adolescents and their caregivers to transform negative gender norms, prevent violence and sustain these community based initiatives through volunteerism.

In Indonesia, two in five women experience some kind of violence in their lifetime. Growing up watching her childhood friends struggle with domestic violence, Grace, a national UN Volunteer in Papua Province, Indonesia, is highly motivated to contribute to preventing violence against women and girls.

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