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MA New York, US (PANA) - What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of [...] Full text...
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MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Salma (not her real name) was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay [...] Full text...
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MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often a matter of survival. For women [...] Full text...
Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher
MA Geneva, Switzerland, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply being a woman there is [...] Full text...
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MA New York, US (PANA) - The dignity of girls and their sexual health were at the heart of the International Day of the Girl Child [...] Full text...
UN mission in Libya to hold workshop targeting women journalists
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MA New York, US (PANA) - Twenty-five years ago, the international community agreed a new approach to women’s inclusion in peace processes in what came to [...] Full text...
Aid cuts shut down or suspend one in three women’s anti-violence programmes
MA New York, US (PANA) - Funding cuts are dismantling the frontline organisations working to end violence against women and girls, the UN’s gender equality agency [...] Full text...
Head of UN mission in Libya discusses youth employment with young women
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UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DRC
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises [...] Full text...
EU equality ministers call for stronger focus on prevention, early detection and intervention on violence against women
AR Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Recognising the vital role that ordinary citizens can play in preventing abuse, the European Council has approved conclusions calling for greater [...] Full text...
South Africa represented at Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women
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Deputy UN chief pays tribute to Beijing’s key role in advancing women’s rights
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Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
MA New York, US (PANA) - Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young women from across the world [...] Full text...
Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
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Faced with avalanche of online violence against women, UN calls for response and protection
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High-level week opens with celebration of women’s empowerment
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30 years advancing gender equality: Achievements, setbacks, and the road ahead (By UN News)
MA New York, US (PANA) - In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world, [...] Full text...
UN report finds Nigeria failed to protect women and girls
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UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action
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Gisma: The story of brutal death of woman in the wilderness of Darfur
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Charity group condemns enforced disappearance, torture, mass killing of women, children in Sudan's North Darfur
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A women rights group in East Africa, The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network, has [...] Full text...
Second batch of women community leaders in Lbya pass out from UN Programme
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World Bank report highlights gender dynamics and opportunities in Botswana
AR Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday released a comprehensive report, “Trends and Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality in Botswana”, analysing gender dynamics [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief flags rising gender-based violence
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EC calls for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the AI-driven digital age
AR Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, with a focus on the [...] Full text...
Global gender gap closes at fastest rate since pandemic, led by economic and political advances
AR Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet full parity remains 123 [...] Full text...
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'Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
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Half of women’s organisations in crisis zones risk closure within six months
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AR Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - After years of sluggish growth, Lesotho is at a crossroads. To boost its economy and create more jobs, the country needs [...] Full text...
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AR Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - As women, we have witnessed firsthand that women in Kenya are engines of economic growth. We build businesses, nurture families, and [...] Full text...
Senior UN official stresses Libyan government's responsibility to protect women
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Plea for a future respecting gender equality
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‘Without us, there is no future’: Youth take over UN Women’s Commission
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Breaking barriers: Unlocking education and jobs for women and youth in Mozambique: World Bank Blog By Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough, Karla Gonzalez Carvajal and Robert S. Chase
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UN launches gender equality plan: ‘We’re at a turning point’
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'Men remain the overwhelming majority in high political positions'
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Gender expert flags increased risk of forced sterilization of disabled women
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Commission on the Status of Women: 'The poison of patriarchy is back'
MA New York, US (PANA) - As the new session of the Commission on the Status of Women opens, meeting at UN Headquarters in New York [...] Full text...
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AR Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) - Across the globe, I’ve met countless men and women driven by the conviction that when policies work for women, societies move [...] Full text...
Top UN official in Libya urges parties to promote status of women
MA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has called on all Libyan parties to take decisive steps [...] Full text...
Women in war zones: “Having worked in humanitarian work for 22 years, I was the one who needed help” (By Nathalie Minard, UN News)
MA Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - “In 22 years of humanitarian work, I could not imagine that I was the one who needed help,” says Anne-Marie Lurhakumnira [...] Full text...
Corruption hinders gender equality worldwide: Transparency International
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - On International Women’s Day, Transparency International celebrated the achievements of women worldwide, but also acknowledged the barriers that still [...] Full text...
Why investing in women and girls benefits everyone
AR New York, USA (PANA) – The right to go to school. To join the workforce. The right to vote. To have a bank account. The [...] Full text...
One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024
MA New York, US (PANA) - The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker [...] Full text...
Economic impact of restrictions on women's citizenship rights: World Bank Blog By Mariam Anaïs Gnakra, Daniela Behr and Julia Braunmiller
AR Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Many countries still prevent women from passing nationality to their children in the same way as men. Laws that prevent women [...] Full text...