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New York, June 27 (JEN): Around the world, a “pandemic of violence” and repression threatens to push back hard-won human rights for women and girls, the head of UN Women said Thursday as she declared that the United Nations is taking its campaign to promote gender equality “outside our offices to the community and people, where it will always belong.” more
Central African Republic: UN official urges strong action to protect women, girls

New York, June 25 (JEN): With women and girls in Central African Republic (CAR) falling prey to a raft of “terrifying” violations ¬perpetrated by armed groups – from rape to sexual s ...

Nigeria: UN urges national actors to ensure release of schoolgirls

New York, Jun 10 (JEN): A United Nations envoy on Monday renewed the world body’s commitment to supporting ongoing efforts by the Nigerian Government to secure the safe release of the abdu ...

UN condemns killing of pregnant Pakistani woman

New York, May 29 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman, who was stoned to death by her family as she approa ...

UN Women launches campaign to promote gender equality

New York, May 23 (JEN): The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality on Thursday launched a major campaign kicking off a year-long, worldwide commemoration of the 20th ann ...

UN warns Boko Haram over sale of Nigerian schoolgirls

New York, May 7 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday lashed out at the militant group known as Boko Haram, which claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 schoo ...

UN urges Afghan women to engage in political process

New York, Apr 22 (JEN): With the results still being counted from Afghanistan’s recent presidential election, the top United Nations official in the country on Monday urged women to remain ...

UN urges UK to address violence against women

New York, Apr 17 (JEN): Violence against women remains a pervasive challenge in the United Kingdom and a more comprehensive and targeted response is needed to address the scourge, an indepen ...

Iran: UN urges immediate halt to woman’s execution

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): A United Nations independent expert has issued a strong call on the Government of Iran to halt Tuesday’s scheduled execution of an Iranian woman said to be the vict ...

Ban hails role of women in achieving world free of landmines

New York, Apr 5 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action, stressing their vital role in advan ...