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In statements on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres was joined by deputy chief Amina Mohammed, in describing the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women, as a violation…
File photo Zalmay Khalilzad, the former special representative of the United States for Afghanistan, has said that the Taliban’s ban on Afghan women workers of the United Nations is wrong.…
File photo The Taliban has stopped Afghan women workers of the United Nations from working in Afghanistan. The spokesperson of the United Nations has said in his statement that the…
“Our colleagues on the ground at the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members of the…
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media Women in Saudi Arabia have formed a group to stay healthy during Ramadan. According to foreign media, a group of women in Riyadh, the capital…
The incident took place in the suburbs of the northeastern city of Mashhad in Iran, photos; Screen grab Observed: A man poured curd on the heads of two veiled women…
An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who threw yogurt at women shopping in a store without a hijab in Iran. According to Iranian media, the video of…
“A more gender-responsive mission builds trust with the communities they serve and improves its effectiveness,” said UN Women’s Executive Director Sima Bahous at the start of the event. She also…
Since the beginning of the year, several civil society activists and journalists have been detained for speaking out against Taliban policies that restrict women and girls’ access to education, work,…
The priority theme for this year’s CSW, an annual, two-week long event which has been advancing rights for women since 1946, was the ongoing discrimination, abuse, and misogyny women face…