Tag: United Nations

UN Recommits to Afghan Women and Girls’ Education

UN Recommits to Afghan Women and Girls’ Education By U.N. Writers “It has been a year of increasing disrespect for their right to live free and equal lives, denying them opportunity to livelihoods, access to health care and education, and escape from situations of violence,” said Sima Bahous, Executive Director at UN Women.  Ms. Bahous outlined how the Taliban’s “meticulously constructed policies of inequality”…

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Nafis Sadik, Champion of Women’s Health and Rights, Passes

Nafis Sadik, Champion of Women’s Health and Rights, Passes By NPR writers/journalists UNITED NATIONS — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference, died five days before her 93rd birthday, her son said late Monday. Omar Sadik said his mother died…

1 Year Driving Action for Gender Equality. 1 Year of Generation Equality.

1 Year Driving Action for Gender Equality. 1 Year of Generation Equality. By UN Women Written 30 June 2022. One year ago, the Generation Equality Forum brought together leaders from governments, civil society, youth and the private sector to take bold global action on gender equality, marking the start of an ambitious 5-year journey convened by UN Women. Since the Forum, convened…

The WHO and UN: Women Health and Gender Equality

By Women’s Agenda What would a true global agenda addressing Women Health and Gender Inequailties address? Given massive disparities in what women and girls experience internationally, it’s hard to quickly answer such a question. However, the World Health Organisation along with a number of key United Nations bodies are attempting to do so, in a series of new papers released this week, along…

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