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Daily Wrap 7 March 2025

WOMEN'S DAY LIVE: 'Equality is the gamechanger' International Women's Day, observed on 8 March, is about challenges, backlashes against gender equality and cause for celebrations around the world. UN News app users can follow our coverage here. Read more Women Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli operations continue to have dire consequences Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are exacerbating an already dire situation for displaced Palestinians. Read more Peace and Security Scores killed in 'abhorrent attack' on UN helicopter in South Sudan A UN helicopter attempting to evacuate wounded South Sudanese soldiers in the north of the country was attacked on Friday, killing a crew member and injuring two others. Read more Peace and Security Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will have to end next month, unless emergency funds can be secured. Read more Humanitarian Aid Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the UN's top disarmament official told the Security Council on Friday. Read more Peace and Security Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country's northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep concerns of a new humanitarian crisis. Read more Migrants and Refugees DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "is literally buckling", the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Read more Peace and Security Online 'manosphere' is moving misogyny to the mainstream A decline in democracy and harmful content spread on social media platforms are helping to drive a backlash against feminism, and the growth of misogynistic and retrograde ideas about the roles of men and women and society. Read more Women

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