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Across the world, a significant gender gap persists at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines due to lack of research funding, gender stereotypes, and discriminatory...

Their experiences underline a broader message: inclusive economic growth depends on opening space for those too often excluded, including people with disabilities, youth and...

Khabar Lahariya, literally “news waves”, is an all-women media organisation run since 2002 by rural reporters, many of them Dalit, Adivasi and Muslim, dispatching...

“Deep down, I knew what I had experienced was not something any girl should go through," she emphasised.  FGM was once considered an unavoidable rite...

Now eight months pregnant and sheltering in a makeshift camp, the mother of three said her biggest fear isn’t the biting cold – it’s...

From then on, Safia learned early what it meant to look out for others.As a primary school student, Safia began helping newly arrived families...

At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence  When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence,...

In a region long overshadowed by conflict narratives, a new kind of leadership is emerging – quiet, insistent, and unmistakably women-centred.At the UN Alliance...

According to the UN human rights office (OHCHR), more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October 2023, when Palestinian armed groups attacked...

For many, running a small business has become the only viable path to earning an income – and a way to support other women...