New York, July 12 (IBNS) United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown on Friday called for the world to show support for the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok, Nigeria, on 22 ...

New York, July 11 (JEN): An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Government of Honduras to address the culture of widespread impunity for crimes against women and gir ...

New York, July 9 (JEN) One in four of all Syrian refugee families in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan are headed by women who, on their own, are struggling to make ends meet and take care of ...

New York, July 3 (JEN) Amid reports of deliberate targeting of women and girls in Iraq, senior United Nations officials on Wednesday voiced deep concern about the deteriorating humanitarian ...

New York, July 1 (JEN): An estimated 20,000 women and girls in Iraq are at an increased risk of sexual violence as a result of the mounting crisis in northern and western parts of the countr ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...