Women
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Without investment, gender equality will take nearly 300 years: UN report
Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the…
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First Person: Heartbroken but hopeful, under Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Zarina* is a young Afghan woman entrepreneur. Her drive for innovating, and passion for baking made her one of Afghanistan’s…
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Sri Lanka’s economic crisis pushes health system to brink of collapse
Sri Lanka is in the midst of the worst socio-economic crisis in its history, and the once robust health-care system…
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UN HIV/AIDS advocate and ‘proud champion’ of women dies at 92
Nafis Sadik, who died on Monday at the age 92 was the first woman to ever head one of the UN’s…
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‘I will never stop telling my story’: Confronting victim-blaming for sexual assault
Imagine enduring a terrifying sexual attack. Bruised and shaken, you recount what happened to the police only for them to…
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More women work in health and care but they earn 24 per cent less than men: UN report
Women working in the health and care sector earn nearly 25 per cent less than their male counterparts – a…
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Sustainable blue economy vital for small countries and coastal populations
With the livelihoods of about 40 per cent of the world’s population living at or near a coast, the second…
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Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion law a ‘huge blow to women’s human rights’ warns Bachelet
Friday’s decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe v Wade judgement guaranteeing access to abortion across…
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Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’
Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of gender-based violence,” the UN Deputy…
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Violence against indigenous women, ‘legacy of colonialism’ rooted in racism
Indigenous women and girls face grave, systematic, and continuous acts of violence that permeate every aspect of their lives, a…
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