UN: Rollback on gender equality reversing decades of gains, warns report (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Although women's leadership consistently strengthens outcomes across all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the very institutions meant to advance gender equality are being systematically hollowed out, with one in three mechanisms losing power and funding falling to its lowest level since 2021.

UN: WFP scales up Yemen response amid critical funding shortfall (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its emergency operations in Yemen as renewed fighting along the western coast is forcing thousands of families to flee, even as its Yemen programme is facing critically low funding.

Yemen: Renewed hostilities inflame displacement and regional risks (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
In recent days, the humanitarian situation in Yemen has deteriorated sharply following a new escalation of hostilities between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).