Monthly Archives: March 2019

Women still struggle to find a job, let alone reach the top: new UN report calls for 'quantum leap'
Women’s job opportunities have barely improved since the early 1990s, UN labour experts said on Thursday, warning that female workers are still penalized for having children and looking after them.
Women still struggle to find a job, let alone reach the top: new UN report calls for 'quantum leap'
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Break taboo around menstruation, act to end ‘disempowering’ discrimination, says UN experts
A group of seven United Nations rights experts issued a clarion call on Tuesday to break the taboo around menstrual health for women and girls that persists in many parts of the world and take concrete action to end “disempowering” discrimination.
Break taboo around menstruation, act to end ‘disempowering’ discrimination, says UN experts
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population