UN Volunteers provide 65,000 Venezuelan families with virtual orientation on healthy nutrition
The volunteer initiative “Nourishing hope, protecting families provides tele-guidance to the Venezuelan refugee and migrant population in Peru on good nutrition practices, smart shopping and access to social services. It is an interagency initiative of the World Food Programme (WFP), UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Volunteers (UNV) programme in Peru.
UN Volunteers enabling gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Over the past 10 years, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has mobilized around 3,000 women UN Volunteers in over 30 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. These were assigned to 33 different entities and bodies of the United Nations system, and 76 per cent of them served under the UN Volunteer Specialist category.
Their presence contributes towards the gender mainstreaming strategy of the United Nations system, which integrates the experiences of women in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes, with the aim of ensuring gender equality.