Exposure to toxic metals can cause many problems in women, study finds
Michigan: A new study suggests that exposure to toxic heavy metals may cause a number of health problems in middle-aged women as they age. According to media reports, in this…
Restrictions on Afghan women continue unabated: UN report
Among those whose working lives have been upended, de facto authorities “banned” approximately 400 women workers at a pine nut processing from the workplace and dismissed another 200 at a…
Two mothers killed each hour in Gaza conflict: UN Women
The report examines the gendered impact of the conflict, which has left more than 23,000 Palestinians dead, according to Gazan health authorities, about 16,000 of whom are women or children.…
Insomnia-prone women at risk of high blood pressure, study
Massachusetts: A team of researchers has revealed a significant link between insomnia and high blood pressure, particularly among women. A study published in the journal ‘Hypertension’ by researchers at Brigham…
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
In an interview with UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming on the sidelines of SDG Summit 2023 held at UN Headquarters in New York in September, Ms. Portman discussed…
World News in Brief: Abused Afghan women face prison, UNICEF global alert, deadly mpox resurfaces in DRC
That’s just one of the shocking findings of a new report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which found that instead of filing a formal complaint, many survivors…
Which vitamins are necessary for women and when?
Washington: There is no doubt that vitamins are very important for our overall health. They play various roles in performing body functions. However, when it comes to women, it is…
African women on the frontline of peacekeeping
In 2022, Baah was one of the 173 Ghanaian women peacekeepers who served in the UN Interim Mission in Lebanon. She was also one of the 6,200 uniformed women peacekeepers…
COP28: Women and climate advocates driving forward change together
This year’s UN climate conference, underway in the United Arab Emirates’ largest city, Dubai, opened its second full week hearing a diverse cross-section of women leaders and activists raise their…
Stories from the UN Archive: Feminist icon calls out violence against women
Co-founding the groundbreaking magazine Ms. in 1972, Ms. Steinem and her colleagues brought feminist issues to the forefront. “For the first time, there are fewer females on Earth than males…