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- 1UN Women-UNFPA merger plan stalled amid UNGA silence▼Silence at UNGA leaves UN Women-UNFPA merger plan in limbo
A proposal to merge UN Women and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) remains in limbo after the UN General Assembly failed to act on or address the plan. No decision or meaningful discussion emerged from this year's session, leaving the two agencies' futures uncertain. Observers are watching whether member states will revisit the consolidation idea in upcoming negotiations over the UN's wider reform agenda.
- 2Displaced women in Sudan's Tawila build livelihoods through handicrafts●From displacement to self-reliance: Women in Sudan's Tawila turn handicraft skills into livelihoods
Women displaced in Tawila, in Sudan's North Darfur region, are using traditional handicraft skills to earn income and support their families, moving from aid dependence toward self-reliance. The initiative, highlighted by the UN Refugee Agency, shows how livelihood programmes can help women withstand the country's ongoing conflict and displacement crisis.