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1. Despite ongoing discrimination, women entrepreneurs are reshaping the Global South, with crucial support from the UN 

   Exceptional women business leaders such as African engineer-turned-entrepreneur Norah Magero are demonstrating how lived experience and ingenuity, backed by United Nations support, can turn promising ideas into successful companies, even in societies where their voices have long been sidelined. 

2. Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter

   Women in Gaza are ensuring their families’ survival “with nothing but courage and exhausted hands” while violence continues and essentials remain in short supply, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Tuesday.

3. Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns

   The Occupied Palestinian Territory is now in its deepest economic crisis ever recorded, with Gaza suffering an “unprecedented and catastrophic” collapse, according to a new report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) presented in Geneva on Tuesday.

4. Sudan: UN’s gradual move back to Khartoum ‘an important step’

   The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday – the first time it has convened in the capital since conflict erupted in April 2023. 

5. Amputee footballers reclaim hope amid Gaza’s ruins

   Farah Youssef refused to let the loss of her leg four years ago during conflict in Gaza to sideline her ambitions.