Women
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What happens when Afghan women and girls go offline?
Nearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and traditionally broadcast radio station which…
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Deputy UN chief pays tribute to Beijing’s key role in advancing women’s rights
UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital’s enduring association with the fight for women’s rights and gender…
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Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young women from across the world…
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Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
More women must have a role in shaping peace agreements, security reforms and post-conflict recovery plans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
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Cosmic girls: UN nurtures next generation of space professionals
Nuriya Maharjan first became interested in space exploration during a traditional coming-of-age ritual in which young girls of Nepal’s Indigenous…
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High-level week opens with celebration of women’s empowerment
Only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history has praised the courage of…
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30 years of advancing gender equality: Achievements, setbacks, and the road ahead
In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world,…
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Afghanistan faces ‘perfect storm’ of crises, UN warns
Afghanistan is confronting “a perfect storm” of overlapping crises, the UN’s outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as…
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Gender equality: UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action
More than 351 million women and girls could still be living in extreme poverty by the end of the decade…
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Afghanistan: New restrictions on women nationals working for UN, put aid efforts at risk
The United Nations in Afghanistan called on Thursday for the de facto Taliban authorities to lift restrictions barring women national…
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