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... suffering from depressive symptoms and traumatic experiences. In response, she founded the psychosocial Project Kabul for Caritas Germany, a project that trained Afghan men and women to offer psychosocial ...
... at the Special Meeting of the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality of the Israeli Knesset marking the 20th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 with focus on the challenges, progress made, ...
... has appointed three special envoys to mediate in the conflict. "Unfortunately, the envoys have not been able to meet with the parties involved and no mediation has happened," states the African Women Appeal ...
... from other states due to the “male marriage squeeze”: there is an excess of eligible men but not enough local women for marriage. This is caused by an imbalanced child sex ratio caused by sex-selective ...
... the world to end discrimination, promoting women’s rights and advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.
This Platform for Action remains a guiding framework for realizing women’s rights. African ...
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The writer is UN Women Executive Director. The following is her statement for the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Fourth World Conference on Women on September 4, 1995. ...
... Liberia, Morocco and South Africa, protestors have been taking to the streets demanding urgent action against the surge in rape and sexual violence against women. But it is hardly an African problem. ...
Viewpoint by UN Women, Bopinc and The DO School
NEW YORK (IDN) – The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of collaboration in creating gender-inclusive ecosystems where women can emerge ...
Viewpoint by Lakshmi Lingam*, Tata Institute of Social Studies
MUMBAI (IDN) – Women in India spend 297 minutes on unpaid domestic work each day, 245 minutes more than men who contribute only 52 minutes. ...
... have stood out of the fray—even organizations as powerful as the United Nations’ Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known as UN Women.
Over the last few months, the international ...
... violence against women and children.
The region has much work to do – but has formidable capacities at its disposal.
Looking ahead, four areas will be critical in the region’s plans for recovery.
First, ...
By Jaya Ramachandran
GENEVA | SEOUL (IDN) – A new UN report says that women forcibly returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are subjected to torture, ill treatment, sexual abuse, ...
... SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (IDN) – The discussion on “Income Opportunities for Women" in the Togolese Republic in West Africa, reported in IDN on July 6, provides an opportunity to share some aspects ...
... UN Women.
NEW YORK (IDN) – As the Syria crisis enters its 10th year, the situation is especially dire for women and girls, with the effects of COVID-19 compounding the risks and hardships for millions ...
By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK (IDN) – In a joint statement, ninety-one women's organizations from Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen have joined a global appeal issued by UN Secretary-General António ...
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK (IDN) – Calling it a “dark and shameful week,” South African president Cyril Ramaphosa denounced the latest surge in violence against women, including ...
Viewpoint by Linda Eckerbom Cole
The writer is Director/Founder, African Women Rising, shuttles between Santa Barbara, California and Gulu, Uganda.
SANTA BARBARA, California (IDN) – African Women Rising ...
By UN Women
NEW YORK (IDN) – Although the Pacific has largely been spared by the spread of the disease relative to other regions around the world – with Fiji hardest hit of the six countries the UN Women’s ...
... with Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched Washington’s “New Iran Strategy” before an audience at the Heritage Foundation. In his remarks, he insisted that Iranian women’s long struggle for inclusion ...
By UN Women
"Rise for All" calls on all leaders to meet the human crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and fully fund the UN Response and Recovery Trust Fund
NEW YORK (IDN) – Supporting the UN Secretary-General' ...
Viewpoint by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Following is the statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women on 6 April 2020.
NEW YORK (IDN) – With 90 countries in lockdown, four billion ...
Viewpoint by Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE*
With over 70% of the global healthcare workforce made up of women and many more shouldering caregiving roles, women are at the forefront of the fight against ...
By UN Women
GENEVA | NEW YORK (IDN) — Women's representation in political decision-making continues to increase but at a dragging pace, with three-quarters of parliamentary seats still held by men, according ...
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens
GENEVA (IDN) – March 8 is the International Day of Women and thus a time to highlight the specific role of women in local, national ...
By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK (IDN) —While a new UN Women report warns that progress towards gender equality is faltering and hard-won advances are being reversed, the 64th session of the UN Commission ...
... around the world.
This year, wearing red t-shirts, some 90 young women took to the streets in a silent march through Lilongwe, Malawi's capital. This year's theme was ending sexual violence after a series ...
By Jamshed Baruah
GENEVA (IDN) – Biram Dah Abeid, a descendant of former slaves who has been called "the Nelson Mandela of Mauritania", and Shaparak Shajarizadeh, a prominent Iranian women's rights activist ...
... – As we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2020, we are reminded of the need to renew our commitments to improve access for women from developing States to education ...
... girls must be protected from," said Rwandan feminist Dinah Musindarwezo of the Kenya-based FEMNET – African Women’s Development and Communication Network.
A World Bank spokesman said that a reworked ...
... with a lot of discretion.
In the afternoon, women over 40 years of age massively attended the performance “A rapist in my path” in front of one of the most iconic places of repression during the years ...
... in Cairo, Egypt, ended with bold commitments towards attainment of the rights of women and girls.
The conference, attended by more than 6,000 world leaders, scholars, rights advocates and faith leaders ...
... (IDN) – The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 of 2000 is a commitment to work resolutely toward greater protection of women and girls in conflict zones, to appoint more women in UN peacekeeping operations ...
... more, not less, violence against the world's most vulnerable women and girls.
The critics are petitioning UN Women, which is leading a review of the results of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, ...
By Santo D. Banerjee
NEW YORK (IDN) – Since the first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008, there is agreement that rural women and girls, including indigenous women, play ...
By UN Academic Impact
NEW YORK (IDN) – Throughout Sudan’s tumultuous history of revolutions against dictatorships, racism, and war, Sudanese women have long been held back from actively participating ...
... disaster, disease and violent persecution have forced more than 70 million people from their homes, notes UN Women.
While women and girls are often severely impacted by crises, they are also leaders ...
... rising religious extremism is still hampering women's progress in a country that elected a woman Prime Minister 30 years ago.
“A girl should not speak much, and she should always say yes to whatever is ...
... Nana Akufo-Addo demean his country’s working women as insufficiently activist and dynamic enough to obtain better leadership jobs.
Did he really say this at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference from June ...
A UN Women News Feature
This feature first appeared on May 7, 2019 with the headline A place of peace, reconciliation and growth.
NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – The air is dry and hot in Gao. Here, in the north ...
By Zipporah Musau
NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – In the fight for gender equality, women around the world have advanced in small and large ways. Yet for women in Africa, progress is measured in micro steps, and ...
... trade and industry – a move gender activists in the country considered a well-deserved promotion.
As a parliamentarian, Kenewendo advocated on behalf of children and women, paying particular attention ...
By Jose Ramon Albert
This article is abridged from a version that appears in the latest issue of East Asia Forum Quarterly, 'Investing in Women'. Jose Ramon Albert is a Senior Research Fellow at the Philippine ...
By Caroline Mwanga
New York (IDN) – UN Member States have agreed to safeguard and improve women's and girls' access to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure, ensuring ...
By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK (IDN) – In the lead up to International Women’s Day on March 8, twenty-six high ranking female officials who have worked across the United Nations have penned an open letter ...
By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK (IDN) – UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has stressed the need for "transformative shifts, integrated approaches and new solutions" to achieve gender equality, ...
... analysis, software development and data visualization.
The United Nations is concerned that women and girls will not be in a position to benefit from emerging opportunities because too many of them are ...
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK (IDN) – Building on the vision and mission of the 2017 National Women’s March in the U.S., women around the world will mark January 19 with marches ...
By UN Women
LOS ANGELES (IDN-INPS) – Commemorating Human Rights Day and the global advocacy campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence”, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women ...
... in the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) Regional Conference 2018, that was held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, from November 11-15, noted that achieving UHC can aid in tackling the growing ...
By UN Women
NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – To commemorate this year's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Secretary-General's UNiTE Campaign is calling upon us to stand in solidarity with survivors ...
... against Women (November 25) and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (November 25-December 10) – “Orange the World: #HearMeToo” – aims to support women and girls around the world.
In ...