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One in three women experiences gender-based violence
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful ...
Argentina votes against UN resolution combating online violence against women and girls
Argentina was the only country to vote against the resolution, and argued that it contained ambiguous terms such as “hate ...
Adelante Valle20h
Women have led other democracies, but US voters rejected the two who tried – what will it take to elect a female president?
Women have led the governments of nearly a third of the countries on Earth as presidents, prime ministers and chancellors.
UN Shares Stark Accounts Of Sudanese Women Fleeing Violence
The United Nations on Tuesday published horrific accounts of women and girls fleeing attacks in war-torn Sudan, including one who said she was urged to kill herself with a knife rather than be raped.
UN: Almost 14,000 pregnant women affected by conflict in Lebanon
Nearly 14,000 pregnant women in Lebanon have been affected by the war between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, according to ...
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Human Rights Watch’s Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The following input draws from our research on women’s prisons in Japan as well as Japan’s “hostage justice” system. Based on ...
Around 70% of deaths in Gaza are women and children, says UN
Several United Nations agencies are again sounding the alarm on the rapid deterioration of humanitarian conditions in much of ...
Close to 70 percent of Gaza war fatalities children, women: UN Human Rights Office
Nearly 7 out of 10 of the deaths in Gaza amid the yearlong war in the region were women and children, the United Nations said ...
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Argentina votes against UN resolution on women and girls
Argentina the only country to vote against a UN draft resolution calling for prevention and elimination of digital violence ...