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Protecting rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls: Council of Europe recommendation adopted
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The Council of Europe has adopted recommendations to protect the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls

Changing the position of women in the field of security in the Central African Republic
© MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio
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Breaking prison barriers in the Central African Republic: changing the position of women in the field of security

Hands offering bread
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UNDP report 2022: The war in Ukraine and the new crisis looming in Africa

The Council of Europe has adopted recommendation to protect the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls.
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Council of Europe: the Committee of Ministers has adopted recommendation to protect the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls

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Right to be forgotten for victims of image-based sexual abuse: A case of Telegram

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UN response to the latest restrictions towards women and girls in Afghanistan

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UN Women and CARE International: Rapid Gender Analysis of Ukraine

A group of women fleeing Ukraine arrive in Moldova
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Ukraine war: UN signs framework for cooperation to assist survivors of sexual violence

There is a real threat of famine in Somalia and South Sudan
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UN: Humanitarians urge action to avert famine in Somalia and South Sudan

Women and girls in South Sudan are experiencing conflict-related sexual violence
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UN report: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan

Girls at school in Herat, Afghanistan
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UN: Failure to re-open schools for all girls is deeply disappointing and damaging for Afghanistan

Implementing ECHR judgments: New factsheet on domestic violence cases
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Implementing ECHR judgments: New factsheet on domestic violence cases

United Nation's poster for the International Women's Day of 2022. The image shows a group of women hugging each other and forming a circle on a green background; on the right side there is the phrase "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow"
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8th March 2022 - International Women’s Day

Cover photo: A protester released from prison after three weeks of detention is reunited with her mother in Yangon, Myanmar, March 24, 2021. The three-finger salute, adapted from “The Hunger Games,” is a widely used sign of civil disobedience.
© 2021 The New York Times/Redux.
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World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights

The Mayan School of Business teaches skills for indigenous women’s participation in economic opportunities.
© Red Global de Empresarios Indígenas REI/Miguel Curruchiche
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UN Women highlights from 2020-2021