Women
New UN projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and other…
“We won’t leave Europe’s women alone” – European Parliament
The European Parliament's Women’s Rights committee Chair, Evelyn Regner, urged the EU and member states to increase support to victims of domestic…
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…
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…
9 in 10 people are biased against women, UN research finds
Despite decades of progress in closing the gender equality gap, close to nine out of 10 men and women around the world,…
World remains a ‘violent, highly discriminatory place’ for girls
Twenty-five years after the historic Beijing women’s conference in China – a milestone in advancing equal rights – violence against women and…
UN human rights chief warns of women’s rights complacency
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned against complacency on women’s rights at an event marking the 25th…
Scotland to become first country to make sanitary products free to all women
Scotland on Tuesday was poised to become the first country in the world to make sanitary products free to all women. The…
Hundreds protest in Mexico against woman’s brutal murder
Hundreds of people gathered in Mexico City on Friday to protest against the murder of a young woman with more protests planned…
Filipinos dance for ‘One Billion Rising’ event to end violence against women
Filipino students dance during the 'One Billion Rising' campaign to demand an end to violence against women on Valentine's Day inside an…
US astronaut ends longest spaceflight by a woman
American astronaut Christina Koch landed back on Earth on Thursday, marking the end of the longest space mission ever completed by a…
Photo Story: The Netherlands allows first female naval personnel to work on submarines
All five women currently sailing on a submarine pose at the base of the Royal Dutch Navy in Den Helder, The Netherlands.…