More than 60 million women and girls worldwide who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high risks of gender-based violence (GBV), but funding for lifesaving services to support them is woefully lacking, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. UN data reveals that reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased shockingly by 50 per cent […]
Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling barriers to healthcare and upholding human rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on World AIDS Day. Observed annually on 1 December, the World AIDS Day serves as a reminder of the global fight against the […]
Nairobi, Kenya, November 25, 2024: Across Africa, rape is one of the most common crimes. New research reveals how inadequate criminalization of rape, weak legal implementation, rape myths, and victim-blaming are just some of the barriers to justice that survivors face. These obstacles prevent many cases from reaching court, with even fewer resulting in convictions, […]
Abuse in Health Care System Amounts to Violence Against Women Every year, over 200,000 women and girls die from pregnancy-related complications in Africa.[1] Most of these deaths are preventable with access to high-quality maternal health services. However, such services remain elusive for many women on the continent.[2] Poor quality care is wasteful, unethical, and dangerous, […]
On the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, world leaders and advocates gathered at the UN Headquarters to confront a stark reality: violence against women and girls remains a pervasive global crisis. With the theme “No Excuse,” the event served as a powerful call to action against gender-based […]
Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought over $1 trillion in assistance called the agreement “insulting” and argued it did not give them the vital resources […]
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2024 – Amid growing calls to invest in human capital and expand job opportunities for Africa’s burgeoning youth population, a new report underscores the challenges faced by a critical demographic: Africa’s adolescent girls. In sub-Saharan Africa, over half of African girls ages 15 to 19 are either out of school, married, or […]
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s designation of November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, In 2025, the global community will mark: a series of anniversaries of global actions to promote gender equality and human rights for all, including -the 30th anniversary of the […]
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful reminder of the widespread violence women and girls face worldwide. Starting from November 25, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and concluding on December 10, on Human Rights Day, this […]
Globally, women’s rights have expanded significantly over the past decades. By 2023, 162 economies worldwide had enacted legislation protecting women against domestic violence. Despite this progress, women enjoy less than two-thirds of the legal rights available to men. Women continue to face significant legal and economic barriers, with many countries lacking essential protections and equal […]
