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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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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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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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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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UN will use technology and medical capacity to improve peacekeeping

The image shows the shadow of a girl behind a tent
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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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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
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Irene Fellin from Italy is the new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

The photo shows the former president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the new President from Italy, Di Maio.
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Council of Europe: Italy takes over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

Social media campaign #orangetheworld against gender-based violence
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2021

New Research: Online attacks on women journalists lead to ‘real world’ violence
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62 journalists lost their lives in 2020, according to UNESCO

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WeWorld Index 2021 on social inclusion of women and children, online conference 9 Nov 2021 at 3:30 pm

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Executive Director a.i. of UN Women stands in solidarity with Afghan women

Rights at risk, report 2021
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Rights at risk: the 2021 report of the Observatory on the Universality of Rights

Young people and gender stereotypes: data from Centro Veneto Progetti Donna
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Young people and gender stereotypes: data from Centro Veneto Progetti Donna

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United Nations: humanitarian aid in Haiti must respect Human Rights