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Scourge of racism haunts Black women and girls seeking healthcare

·July 12, 2023·1 min read

“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 Population Fund (UNFPA), said in a news release. “Too often, Afrodescendent women and girls are abused and mistreated, their needs...

Women and girls bear brunt of global water and sanitation crisis

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·July 7, 2023·2 min read

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 water and sanitation crisis. Billions lack access Globally, 2.2 billion people still do not have safely managed drinking water at...

Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad

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·June 21, 2023·2 min read

UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by Taliban edicts from working. “We will not put our national staff in danger and therefore we are asking them not...

US state abortion bans ‘putting millions of women and girls at risk’

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·June 2, 2023·2 min read

Since the start of the year, abortion has been banned in 14 states across the country, and the consequences of the Supreme Court decision has reverberated throughout the entire legal and policy system, the Human Rights Council-appointed experts said. “The regressive position taken by the US Supreme Court…by essentially dismantling...

UN representative alarmed by sexual violence against women and girls in DRC

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·May 26, 2023·2 min read

“Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,” said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. The representative spoke of...

Conflict in NE Nigeria still affects children 9 years after Chibok girls ‘nightmare’: UNICEF

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·April 16, 2023·1 min read

Meanwhile, thousands more girls and boys have been subjected to grave violations amid ongoing conflict in the region, UNICEF added, underscoring the need to protect children in Nigeria. As recently as 7 April, some 80 children were abducted by militants in the Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara state, the...

Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls

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·March 30, 2023·1 min read

Since the beginning of the year, several civil society activists and journalists have been detained for speaking out against Taliban policies that restrict women and girls’ access to education, work, and most other areas of public life. “No one should be detained for speaking out in defence of their fundamental...

LDC5 spotlights contributions of women and girls in tech, despite tough odds and nagging barriers

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·March 9, 2023·7 min read

At noon on Wednesday, LDC5 held a moment of celebration near Maman, the iconic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois that towers over the main atrium at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Qatar, where the Conference has been under way since last Sunday. A celebration of...

‘More women and girls in science equals better science’, UN chief declares

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·February 11, 2023·3 min read

That’s the message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed this Saturday, who appealed for concrete action to increase their ranks. Diversity and fresh perspectives “On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we highlight a simple equation: More...

Around 4.2 million girls at risk for Female Genital Mutilation says Guterres, stressing men must also speak out

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·February 6, 2023·3 min read

António Guterres said that the practice of genital cutting, prevalent in some cultures for more than a thousand years, causes lifelong damage to both the physical and mental health of women and girls. ‘Vicious manifestation of the patriarchy’ “It is one of the most vicious manifestations of the patriarchy that...

Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO

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·January 20, 2023·2 min read

The agency announced on Thursday that it was dedicating the International Day of Education on 24 January, to the country’s women and girls. “No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. Education is a universal human right that must be respected,” said Director-General Audrey...

Unity in Security Council essential, in face of Taliban rights violations against women and girls

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·January 14, 2023·2 min read

Addressing a private meeting of the Council, Roza Otunbayeva reiterated to ambassadors that Taliban decisions including the ban on girls attending high school, preventing women from going to university, and barring them from doing humanitarian work, are all “grave violations of fundamental rights”, according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. He told...