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human rights

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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United Nations

UN report: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan

Girls at school in Herat, Afghanistan
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education

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"
human rights

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.
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human rights

World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights

The Mayan School of Business teaches skills for indigenous women’s participation in economic opportunities.
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United Nations

UN Women highlights from 2020-2021

Wearing a full protective suit, a doctor leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation at a community hospital in the Philippines.
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women

United Nations International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, 27 December

A Peacekeeper of the UNTAET (United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor) holds a young boy in East Timor. The Peacekeeper wears the traditional blue beret of UN Peacekeeping personnel.
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United Nations

UN will use technology and medical capacity to improve peacekeeping

The image shows the shadow of a girl behind a tent
Italy

GREVIO, General Recommendation No.1 on the digital dimension of violence against women

The image shows a girl with the tatoo of the bodyright campaign on her arm
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United Nations

UN launches the ‘Bodyright’ campaign to end rise in gender-based violence online

Picture of Irene Fellin, new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
peace

Irene Fellin from Italy is the new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security