The United Nations is an enabler of Saudi Arabia’s oppression of women
Women have no rights in Saudi Arabia. As Rahaf puts it, in Saudi “a woman is a nullity.” It’s hard to overstate the level of ...
Local Girl Scouts represent at the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women
Local Girl Scouts attend the United Nation's 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women during Women's History ...
Confronting backlash against women’s rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality
The U.N.’s 193 member nations have made a commitment to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender ...
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Bermuda’s leading women to represent island in Dubai
Women leaders and entrepreneurs will represent Bermuda in Dubai next week. A government spokeswoman said the International ...
Slowly, Ukrainian Women Are Beginning to Talk About Sexual Assault in the War
Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that ...
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Everything you need to know about CSW
In addition, the report called for a “United Nations Women’s Conference to further the programme”. By June 1946, it formally became the Commission on the Status of Women, as one of ECOSOC ...
Are Authoritarian Regimes Backtracking Women’s Rights?
This year’s CSW marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a policy ...
UN report warns Iran is stepping up electronic surveillance of women to enforce headscarf laws
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's ...
Iran is using drones and apps to catch women who aren’t wearing hijabs, says UN report
The report highlights Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code.
Iran uses 'Nazer' app, drones to catch women violating hijab law: UN report
The report points out Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code ...
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Beijing+30: The Global Summit for Women’s Equality
Gathering to mark a historic anniversary in the fight for women’s equality, world leaders and activists find little to ...
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Whoopi Goldberg Joins United Nations WPHF as Global Patron
The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is proud to announce that entertainment legend Whoopi Goldberg will serve as WPHF’s Global Patron. An iconic actor, producer ...