Women
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International Women’s Day: UN chief launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’
The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around the world, unveiling details at…
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Over 230 million women and girls subjected to female genital mutilation: UNICEF
More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM); an increase of…
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5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment
At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by…
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Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation
Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth of 0.4 per cent…
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Roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza war: UN Women
The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its devastating impacts, the UN agency championing…
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Drastic erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan continues
Afghan women fear arrest, harassment and further punishment whenever a new Taliban decree is announced, according to a new multi-agency…
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Gender bias in science ‘deprives our world of great talent’: Guterres
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, UN Secretary-General António…
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