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1 in 3 women globally experience violence – WHO
Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners. Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to…
Angela Merkel tells the U.N. – ‘Long way to go’ for women’s rights
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a virtual UN General Assembly on Thursday that there is still "a long way to go" on…
25 years after UN women’s meeting, equality remains distant
Twenty-five years ago, the world’s nations came together to make sure that half of Earth’s population gained the rights, power and status…
Femicides in Mexico rise more than 2%, protests rage
Femicides in Mexico are on the rise this year, according to official statistics released on the weekend, murders that have intensified protests…
Gender focus essential to addressing linked climate change and security crises, urges UN report
As countries reel from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequality is shaping the experience of crisis,…
On Peacekeepers Day, UN to spotlight vital role of women peace operations
In observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers , on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to pay…
Lockdown increasing the gender wage gap as more women lose their jobs than men
Mothers who were in paid work before lockdown are 47% more likely than fathers to have permanently lost their jobs or quit,…
UN chief urges end to domestic violence, citing global surge
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday night that there has been “a horrifying global surge in domestic violence” as fear of the…
Biden says he will pick woman to be his vice president
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he would pick a woman to be his vice-presidential running mate. "If I'm elected president,…
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, U.N. stresses that gender equality benefits everyone
As various cities around the world prepared to celebrate International Women’s Day – with limitations due to the coronavirus outbreak - the…