Women's rights face global pushback from conservativism, fundamentalism – UN experts warn
Women’s rights are under threat from a “backlash” of conservatism and fundamentalism around the world, a United Nation panel warned on Friday.
Women's rights face global pushback from conservativism, fundamentalism – UN experts warn
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Space science ‘superpowers’ can light the way to success for girls in ‘STEM’ fields, hears UN forum
On its opening day, a major United Nations forum on the peaceful uses of outer space, was issued a clear challenge to break through the so-called “glass ceiling” that prevents women and girls from achieving their full potential; especially in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Space science ‘superpowers’ can light the way to success for girls in ‘STEM’ fields, hears UN forum
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave
Almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one live in countries where fathers are not legally entitled to any paid paternity leave, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
‘Spotlight Initiative’ can make violence against women ‘a thing of the past’, says UN deputy chief
The launch of a new partnership between the United Nations and European Union, is an essential tool to make violence against women and girls “a thing of the past”, said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday.
‘Spotlight Initiative’ can make violence against women ‘a thing of the past’, says UN deputy chief
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
UN pays tribute to the Organization’s founding mothers
Women have played a pivotal role in the United Nations since its inception in 1945, including in the first international agreement proclaiming gender equality as a fundamental human right: the UN Charter.
UN pays tribute to the Organization’s founding mothers
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office
The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, after he had allegedly raped her, highlights the country’s failure to tackle the tragedy of early and forced marriage, marital rape and other discrimination and violence against women and girls, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
For Rohingya refugees, imminent surge in births is traumatic legacy of sexual violence – special report
Late last year, as violent repression in Myanmar sent Rohingyas fleeing to safety in Bangladesh, women from the mainly Muslim minority were subjected to what a United Nations official called “a frenzy of sexual violence”.
For Rohingya refugees, imminent surge in births is traumatic legacy of sexual violence – special report
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
‘Gender-sensitive’ trade policies help empower East African women
Trade policies which better benefit women across East Africa, can pave the way for more inclusive development and prosperity, according to a new report from the United Nations trade body.
‘Gender-sensitive’ trade policies help empower East African women
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence
The dangers of working as a journalist in Afghanistan have been dramatically underlined by an attack in the capital Kabul on Monday in which nine Afghan photographers and reporters were killed. They had gone to report on a suicide attack, and were targeted by a second suicide bomber when they arrived on the scene.
Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population
Make every day a day for girls in ICT, says UN
From Switzerland to Somalia girls are creating their own apps; they are programming the robots they build. On Girls in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Day, the United Nations is urging more girls to pursue careers in the fast-paced science and tech industry, generally regarded as a ‘boys-only’ club.
Make every day a day for girls in ICT, says UN
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population