HARARE, Apr. 3 (NewsDay Live) – United Nations Women Zimbabwe country representative Fatou Lo yesterday called for collective action to advance gender equality, highlighting the importance of ...

Created by CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program, the Women’s Power Index ranks 193 UN member states on their progress toward gender parity in political participation. It analyzes the ...

Iran is using aerial drones, facial recognition systems, and a citizen-reporting app to enforce mandatory hijab laws on women, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, women’s groups and Israel’s mission to the UN rejected the report as unfounded and antisemitic, saying it attempted to equate Israel’s conduct during the ...

On Jan. 27, Japan's Foreign Ministry said it informed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ... Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Committee).

Dr Selassie attended last year’s conference as part of the United Nations women’s delegation. She has advocated for Bermuda’s deeper involvement in the global women’s leadership movement.

This afternoon, the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will team up with United Nations Women and the UN country team in Jamaica to ...

A government spokeswoman said the International Woman Leadership Conference would expand on knowledge gained during the United Nations Women Build Back Equal programme. The campaign, funded by the ...

Aid Cuts Could Leave More Women Dying in Pregnancy and Birth, UN Says By Jennifer Rigby and Mariam Sunny LONDON (Reuters) -Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in ...

The United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Beatrice Eyong, noted that while government budget allocations for women’s empowerment exist, fund release remains a major ...

Israel has carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare ... violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts have said.

Cynda Collins Arsenault has been named a Global Luminary by the UN Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund for her leadership in advancing women's roles in peace and security. Through Our Secure Future, she ...