Women
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‘What’s next?’ Women-led movements fear for the future
Women rights advocates gathered at UN Headquarters for the world’s biggest meeting on gender equality have been sharing their concerns…
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World’s largest conference on women calls for equality amid gender backlash
Gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global backlash, top UN…
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Explainer: The Commission on the Status of Women and why it matters
Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status…
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Online ‘manosphere’ is moving misogyny to the mainstream
A decline in democracy and harmful content spread on social media platforms are helping to drive a backlash against feminism,…
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‘She had a syringe, razor blade, and bandages’: Surviving genital mutilation
Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital…
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‘Step Up the Pace’ and end female genital mutilation, UN says
As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning…
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‘The new generation is different’: In Djibouti, activists lobby to end female genital mutilation
“I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down,” said Hawa’a Mohamed Kamil, a peer educator in…
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‘Absolutely the wrong path,’ Türk warns against Afghanistan’s ban on women in NGOs
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan’s recent decision to revoke the…
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