A United Nations (UN) Women report has revealed that family members are behind most femicide incidents globally. The report, released in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs And Crime (UNDOC), highlights the scale of gender-based violence and the alarming prevalence of intimate partner and family killings. In 2023, an estimated 85,000 women and […]
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Despite global efforts to improve social protection since 2015, more than two billion women and girls are still left unprotected—trapped in a cycle of poverty without access to essential support like pensions, healthcare, and unemployment benefits, the United Nations Women (UN Women) revealed in its flagship report ahead of the International Day for the Eradication […]
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In commemoration of World Refugee Day celebrated on Tuesday, June 20, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous said that the organisation is “determined to ensure that women’s and girl’s rights and priorities are at the centre of humanitarian responses.” Bahous, in her statement, also added that UN Women is equally looking to ensure […]
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