Join the comic and cartoon competition
16 February 2021UN Women, together with the European Commission, Belgium, France, Mexico and in partnership with Cartooning for Peace, is organizing a Comic and Cartoon Competition to mark the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for...
Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February 2021The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the critical role of women researchers in different stages of the fight against COVID-19, from advancing the knowledge on the virus, to developing techniques for testing, and finally to creating the...
Join the celebration for World Pulses Day 2021!
10 February 2021Building on the success of the International Year of Pulses (IYP) in 2016, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 10 February as World Pulses Day (WPD).
For the love of pulses!
09 February 2021Red, green, white, black, brown… name a colour and we can give you a pulse! And what exactly is a pulse, you might ask? Well, pulses are a sub-group of legumes that are harvested for their dry seeds. Beans, lentils...
Quiz – do you have a taste for pulses?
08 February 2021Pulses have been consumed for at least 10 000 years and are among the most extensively used foods in the world. They provide protein and fibre, and are a great source of vitamins and minerals, such as iron, zinc and...