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Out of 114 countries studied, none has achieved full gender parity, the report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed. Moreover, fewer than one per cent…
“The scourge of racism continues for Black women and girls in the Americas, many of whom are descendants of the victims of enslavement,” Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UN…
London: According to a new analysis, the number of lung cancer diagnoses in women this year will exceed the number of diagnoses in men for the first time. Cancer Research…
The study provides the first in-depth analysis of gender inequalities in drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in households, revealing that women and girls bear the brunt of the global…
A dangerous video of a car hitting women in India has surfaced. In the Indian city of Hyderabad, the car of a 19-year-old youth collided with 3 women who were…
Speaking to the Council’s annual meeting in Geneva on protecting the rights of women and girls, the UN High Commissioner said it was an urgent task, and there needed to…
Female employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council working in Afghanistan, file photo In Kandahar province, Afghanistan, the Taliban have banned female employees from working on a refugee project. An official…
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has released a report on increasing cases of cancer in the country, according to which 269,202 cancer cases were reported during 5 years. The…
“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse,…
There is a heavy police presence outside the prison after riots and killings. 48 inmates were killed in a riot in a women’s prison in the Latin American country of…