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More women must have a role in shaping peace agreements, security reforms and post-conflict recovery plans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council...

Nuriya Maharjan first became interested in space exploration during a traditional coming-of-age ritual in which young girls of Nepal’s Indigenous Newar tribe emerge from...

Young people are at the heart of the world’s most urgent challenges, and on Friday, their role in shaping solutions took centre stage at...

Only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history has praised the courage of those “who fought for...

In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world, great progress has been...

Afghanistan is confronting “a perfect storm” of overlapping crises, the UN’s outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as an Afghan women’s rights...

More than 351 million women and girls could still be living in extreme poverty by the end of the decade if current trends persist.

The United Nations in Afghanistan called on Thursday for the de facto Taliban authorities to lift restrictions barring women national staff from entering its...

Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as President of the General Assembly, where all 193...

Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of media coverage, according to the latest UN-backed Global Media...