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Revisiting the Oracle: Turner at the Frick

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J. M. W. Turner is one of those rare artists who seem always to be ahead of us – as with Shakespeare, he remains somehow ever beyond our reach. Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time is a thrilling exhibition currently on display at The Frick Collection in New York City, bringing together six oil paintings and some two-dozen watercolors from the artist’s middle period.

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A TIME OF RENEWAL: THE DAY OF WORLD CITIZENS

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A TIME OF RENEWAL: THE DAY OF WORLD CITIZENS
By René Wadlow

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Launches latest ‘Women in Politics’ map

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UN reports slow women’s political parity; launches latest ‘Women in Politics’ map

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Urgent Need for a World Food Policy

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East Africa Food Crisis Indicates Urgent Need for a World Food Policy

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Let us work harder to ensure ‘no one is left behind,’

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Let us work harder to ensure ‘no one is left behind,’ urges President of main UN economic and social body

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Preventing child exploitation in tourism

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UN agency spotlights role of Governments in preventing child exploitation in tourism

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Women's economic or social status.

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"I will never forget my husband's simplicity. I cannot believe that he is no more now," says my friend, a 23-year-old who lost her husband in 2003. Twenty-five-year-old her husband had joined the job just one year earlier. He was transferred only three months ago. "Your husband is said to be in hospital. Get ready. We should leave right away on the 2:00 bus," I had told her hurriedly. 

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End 'scourge' of sexual exploitation and abuse

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UN chief Guterres unveils proposals to end 'scourge' of sexual exploitation and abuse

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Ending TB is going to be hard but "hard is not impossible"

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Bobby Ramakant, CNS (Citizen News Service)

 

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Women's full participation in labour force

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On International Day, UN calls for women's full participation in labour force

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