UNITED NATIONS, New York – This year saw records toppled one after the other: The hottest year in human history; the highest number of people displaced; hunger crises at their worst. With these broken thresholds comes a grim new tipping point: One in every 22 people in the world now needs humanitarian support, while the […]
Press release “UNITE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls” is the theme for the 2023 Edition of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Long shrouded in collective silence, violence against women/girls, one of the worst forms of discrimination against women, is now being confronted by society as a whole, with the intransigence […]
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed has called for greater investment in preventing violence against women and girls, an issue that transcends all borders and cultures. Such investment is not just practical but transformative, she said in a video message to the official UN commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, […]
Despite the enormous potential of technology, digital tools, and the internet, these have also perpetuated gender disparities and introduced new forms of oppression for women and girls. For many, technology-facilitated gender-based violence, is new terminology but not new phenomena. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence takes many forms, including cyberbullying, online harassment, hate speech, doxing, intimate image abuse, […]
Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world, affecting one in three women. Addressing and eradicating it requires more than just reacting to violence when it happens; it mandates proactive and innovative solutions. A key to these solutions lies in investing in and empowering women’s rights […]
Women’s rights organizations are essential in tackling gender-based violence and driving progress toward a more equitable and violence-free world for women and girls. Despite the critical role of feminist activism to end violence against women, there has been a surge in anti-rights movements and backlash against women human rights defenders globally. Here are four reasons […]
If current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls— 8 per cent of the world’s female population—will live in extreme poverty by 2030. The gender gap in power and leadership roles also persists, and if progress continues at the current pace, it will take another 286 years to reach gender equality in public […]
Even though women have made extraordinary contributions to Islamic civilization, in many countries they are still being left behind, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said during a speech in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Addressing an international conference in Jeddah on the rights and the role of women in Islam, she called for action in the […]
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed alarm on Friday November 3, 2023 over reports that in Sudan, women and girls are being abducted, chained and held in “inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions” in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur. The stark report comes against the backdrop of a sharp uptick in […]
Being born a woman in Benin doesn’t come with the same opportunities as being born a man. Being born a rural woman limits one’s prospects even further. The Country Gender Assessment presents a comprehensive overview of gender disparities across different domains: endowments (health, education), economic opportunities and agency (the ability to make decisions and act […]
