Today marks International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). First observed in 2012, the United Nations General Assembly declared 6 February as a day to raise awareness […]
On 12 Dec the UNAA Young Professionals Queensland hosted the final event of 2020 and the last webinar in our series ‘The Future we Want’ – a digital pre-launch of […]
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across the globe have been required to establish learning from home for school students, resulting in the rapid roll out of remote […]
For World Refugee Day 2020, the UNAA Young Professionals Queensland heard from inspiring speakers on Sat 27 June in our second online webinar as part of our ongoing series ‘The […]
For all Australians, 2020 has been a devastating year. For months, flames engulfed much of the country and the resulting smoke blanketed our cities. Then, as we emerged from one […]
On 19 August, the UNAA Young Professionals Queensland hosted a collaborative ‘World Cafe’ style online event, linking young professionals with leaders in humanitarian organisations across health, climate change, refugee support […]
COVID-19 threatens the health and wellbeing of millions of people the world over, through malnutrition, preventable disease, delayed diagnoses and psychological hardship. All these threats co-exist with the threat of […]
“I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today. I would also like to pay my respects to Elders past, present and […]
Although we are currently facing a public health crisis, COVID-19 has also caused a surge in intimate partner violence (IPV), negatively affecting our world’s pursuit of SDG #5: Gender Equality. […]
By the age of 15, I knew what it was like to have family responsibilities. Attending school was my last priority. I had to work in the mines and labour […]