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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...