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Rural women's empowerment critical to UN Sustainable Development Agenda – Ban

New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): Marking the International Day of Rural Women, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that rural women are critical to the success of almost all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as they all “have gender equality and women's empowerment at their core.” more

Pivotal role midwives play in keeping mothers and newborns alive must be recognized – UN

New York, Oct 14 (Just Earth News): The first global survey of midwifery personnel has revealed that too often, midwives face cultural isolation, unsafe accommodation, and low salaries, the ...

Actor Juhi Chawla comes down heavily on songs that commodify women

Kolkata, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla came down heavily on her own fraternity, recently at an event in Kolkata, for churning out lyrics that commodify women and s ...

Repealing anti-abortion laws would save the lives of nearly 50,000 women a year – UN experts

New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Warning that unsafe abortions kill nearly 50,000 women each year, United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday called on States across the world to rep ...

Women’s empowerment vital for global development, Lithuanian leader tells UN Assembly

New York, Sept 22 (Just Earth News): Only by fully empowering women can the world achieve the ambitious development goals it has set itself and confront the multiple crises and threats that ...

Ban: Greater focus on women’s empowerment can help achieve development agenda

New York, Sept 22 (Just Earth News): Gender equality remains the greatest human rights challenge of our time, and one way to achieve the goal is by empowering women to have greater choices e ...

UN Women launches report spotlighting gender equality in global universities

New York, Sept 21 (Just Earth News): On the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, UN Women unveiled a report by 10 global universities that lays out their concret ...

At start of World Water Week, UNICEF highlights how women and girls lose valuable time and opportunities collecting water

New York, Aug 30 (Just Earth News): As World Water Week kick off on Monday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has highlighted that the opportunity cost from a lack of access to w ...

UN experts urge Dominican Republic to protect women’s rights to reproductive health

New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): Expressing serious concern over the proposed penal code amendment that would criminalize abortions, United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urge ...

Gender equality, women's empowerment central to Colombian peace process – UN officials

New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): Two senior United Nations officials on Tuesday underscored that the centrality of women to the Colombian peace process, as shown by the 'historic commitm ...