UN agencies mobilise for end to FGM in Ethiopia
AO Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN agencies working in Ethiopia have called for enhanced efforts to combat female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional practices [...] Full text...
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Around 4.2 million girls at risk for Female Genital Mutilation, says UN chief
MA New York, US (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an “abhorrent violation of fundamental human rights” said the UN Secretary-General on Monday, marking the International [...] Full text...
Women's Group launch of platform to monitor violence against women during elections in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Women's Support Unit of the High National Elections Commission in Libya (HNEC) launched on Thursday in Tripoli a platform to [...] Full text...
2022 Year in Review: Celebrating women fighting for their rights
MA New York, US (PANA) - UN News on Friday highlighted the work of activists helping to protect women’s rights, which once again, came under attack [...] Full text...
Libya holds roundtable on role of women's unions in electoral participation
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The General Union of Libyan Women organized on Tuesday a roundtable on the role of women's unions in promoting electoral participation [...] Full text...
UN rights expert urges Libyan authorities to take urgent action to protect women from abuse
BBA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN human rights expert has called on the Libyan authorities to take urgent steps to protect all women and girls [...] Full text...
The reconciliation project must ensure stability in Libya, lead to elections, Deputy Chairman of Libyan Council
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, has affirmed that national reconciliation represents one of the most important [...] Full text...
UN Special Rapporteur in Libya to discuss causes of violence against women in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, has begun an official [...] Full text...
CFAF 9 billion to support 30,000 needy schoolgirls and students in Benin
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will support 30,000 schoolgirls from families in difficult circumstances, sources close to the Ministry of Social Affairs said [...] Full text...
UN embarks on consultation on combating digital violence against women in Tunisia and Libya
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The United Nations organized on Monday in Tunis a consultation on the theme "Women and youth in Libya and Tunisia at [...] Full text...
Libya participates in the 20th Executive Council meeting of Arab Women's Organisation
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of State for Women's Affairs, Mrs. Houria al-Tarmal, has participated in the 20th session of the Executive Council [...] Full text...
Libyan Prime Minister urges elected women to contribute more to building the country
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has renewed his support for forums for elected officials, especially for women, urgng them to play [...] Full text...
Programme to improve women's participation in elections in Mali launched
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The "Women, Transition and Elections in Mali" programme in the regions of Ségou and Mopti, in the district of Bamako, aimed, [...] Full text...
Rights advocate says domestic violence law not protecting women in Tunisia
MA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities are failing to protect women from domestic violence despite enacting a strong law in 2017, Human Rights Watch said [...] Full text...
UNSMIL urges authorities to adopt legislation protecting women from online violence
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has encouraged decision-makers to enact laws that protect people, especially women, from online [...] Full text...
UN Missionin Libya calls for end to online harassment of women
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced that it has brought together women activists from across the country [...] Full text...
UNHCR warns rising tide of hunger, insecurity worsening gender-based violence risks
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worsening socio-economic conditions, new and ongoing conflicts and humanitarian funding shortfalls are increasing the risk of gender-based violence for forcibly displaced [...] Full text...
Abdoulaye Bathily supports campaign to end violence against women
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, has [...] Full text...
Consign violence against women and girls, ‘to the history books’: UN chief
MA New York, US (PANA) = Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member, the UN chief has [...] Full text...
UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls in Kenya
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 years, which is exacerbating the [...] Full text...
Slow progress for women helping forge peace, Security Council warned
MA New York, US (PANA) - Protecting women’s rights and promoting greater inclusion is a proven strategy for peace and stability, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed [...] Full text...
Najla Al-Mangouch participates in international virtual meeting on violence against women
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch, at the invitation of her Canadian counterpart, Mélanie Joly, participated on [...] Full text...
‘Investing in girls is investing in our common future’ - UN chief
MA New York, US (PANA) - In marking the 10th anniversary of the International Dat of the Girl Child on Tuesday, the UN chief has called the commemoration [...] Full text...
Climate change heightens threats of violence against women, girls
MA New York, US (PANA) - Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the world, [...] Full text...
Gambia hosts International forum on elimination of female genital mutilation
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The world’s largest annual gathering of partners on ending female genital mutilation (FGM) opened in The Gambia on Monday with an [...] Full text...
Delivering justice for abused child brides in The Comoros (A UN feature)
MA Moroni, The Comoros (PANA) - Around 30 per cent of girls in The Comoros become child brides, and they make up the vast majority of [...] Full text...
New platform highlights women’s leadership in tackling global challenges
MA New York, US (PANA) - Women Heads of State and Government meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on [...] Full text...
Closing gender pay gaps is more important than ever- ILO
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On average, women globally are paid about 20 per cent less than men, the International Labour (ILO) Organization said on Saturday, [...] Full text...
Ministry of Labour in Libya launches "Productive Women" Initiative
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Labour and Reinsertion of the Government of National Unity launched on Thursday the "Productive Women" Initiative, as [...] Full text...
Girls ‘failed by discrimination’ and stereotyping in maths class: UNICEF
MA New York, US (PANA) - Solving the equation: Helping girls and boys learn mathematics, a new report published on Wednesday by UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has revealed [...] Full text...
Rights group says AU guidance, policy reforms needed to ensure young mothers stay in school
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Adolescent girls in nearly one-third of African countries who are pregnant face significant legal and policy barriers to continuing their formal [...] Full text...
Women increasingly joining armed terrorist groups in Burkina Faso - Minister
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of Gender and Family, Salimata Nebié Conombo, noted on Friday that more and more women are present [...] Full text...
IMF approves first Gender Strategy
AR Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the IMF’s first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender [...] Full text...
Put women’s rights ‘front and centre’ of climate policies: UN rights chief
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, UN human rights chief Michelle [...] Full text...
Morocco lauded by Human Rights Council for policy towards women
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Several participants at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, including experts from the Committee on the Elimination [...] Full text...
Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’
MA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of gender-based violence,” the UN Deputy Secretary-General [...] Full text...
Promoting women’s rights, a ‘proven’ strategy for peace and stability - Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - The Women, Peace and Security agenda is “one of our best hopes” for a more peaceful future and a liveable [...] Full text...
Mali launches first edition of Kénèbé project dedicated to youth and women
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Association Afrique Yeelen (AY), in partnership with the mayor's office of the Commune I of the district of Bamako and [...] Full text...
NGO advocates support for victims of sexual abuse in DRC
MA Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
Mauritius presents Gender Country Profile for 2021-2027
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Mrs. Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah, on Thursday, presented the Gender Country Profile (GCP) [...] Full text...
Libya: National Unity govt. celebrates first-ever Libyan Women's Day
MTA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first-ever celebration of the Women's Day in Libyan, under the slogan "My right", was held on Wednesday evening in Tripoli, [...] Full text...
Rights chief Bachelet backs call for greater women’s role in disarmament talks
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disarmament research agency UNIDIR called on Thursday for more women to take their rightful place in international security discussions – a move [...] Full text...
Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
MA New York, US (PANA) - Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security [...] Full text...
New UN report reveals ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan
MA Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fuelled by systemic impunity, the UN Commission on Human [...] Full text...
Libyan govt declares 26 April National Libyan Women's Day
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) has adopted a decree declaring 26 April as National Day of Libyan Women, in [...] Full text...
Rights groups decry rising violence against women in Africa
MLJ Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Groups under the banner of Ghana-based ProHumane Afrique International Wednesday expressed "concern and dismay over the rising cases of violent attacks [...] Full text...
UN General Assembly President slams violence against women in politics
MA New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Tuesday gathered with government and civil society representatives to draw attention to the scourge of violence [...] Full text...
Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises': Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way”, UN [...] Full text...
Libyan Foreign Minister honoured by US with International Women of Courage Award 2022
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, has been honoured by the US State Department with the 2022 [...] Full text...
UNHCR: COVID-19, climate crisis worsen inequalities for displaced women and girls
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are delivering a triple blow to the rights and safety of refugee, internally displaced [...] Full text...