Rights

Women

PODCAST: The power of bearing witness – how rape became an ‘act of genocide’

New York, Feb 16 (Just Earth News): Shame and stigma prevent many rape survivors in conflict zones from reporting the horrific abuses they endure at the hands of war criminals whose sole aim in carrying out these horrific deeds is to torture and humiliate their enemy. more

Kolkata: US Consulate holds a workshop on Gender-based violence

Kolkata, February 13 (Just Earth News): Indian students learned how to use art to raise awareness against gender-based violence (GBV), interacted virtually with US university students and mo ...

'The world needs science and science needs women,' UN says on International Day

New York, Feb 12 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday urged greater investments in teaching science, technology, engineering and math to all wome ...

The world needs science and science needs women,' UN says ahead of International Day

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News): 'Female engineers and computer programmers wanted,' is the call from a new United Nations report that shows women are increasingly graduating with life sc ...

UN urges renewed fight to end female genital mutilation as populations grow where practice occurs

New York, Feb 7 (Just Earth News): Female genital mutilation denies women and girls their dignity and causes needless pain and suffering, with consequences that endure for a lifetime and can ...

I experienced two sexual assaults by the age of 14: Ashley Judd

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): Hollywood actress-activist Ashley Judd, who was one of the highest paid women in American movie industry, at an event of World Congress Against Sexual Exploitation ...

I experienced two sexual assaults by the age of 14: Ashley Judd

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): Hollywood actress-activist Ashley Judd, who was one of the highest paid women in American movie industry, at an event of World Congress Against Sexual Exploitation ...

At Cape Town Forum, UN Women and partners seek ways to close gender data gaps

New York, Jan 18 (Just Earth News): With only 41 per cent of countries regularly producing data on violence against women and only 13 per cent of countries having a dedicated gender statisti ...

UN agencies assess dire hygiene, protection needs for women in Syria’s war-ravaged Aleppo

New York, Jan 14 (Just Earth News): The health, hygiene and protection needs of women and girls displaced in Aleppo are staggering, the United Nations has observed, voicing concern for civil ...

HERstory: A celebration of leading women in the United Nations

New York, Dec 24 (Just Earth News): A celebration of women’s achievements has been taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York this month, through photography. On 13 December 2 ...