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As Sudan’s destructive war – now in its third year – grinds on, the challenges to health systems are immense and women giving birth...

Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and face rampant...

Around 676 million women lived within 50 kilometres of deadly conflict last year – the highest figure since the 1990s. 

Nearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and traditionally broadcast radio station which brings education and awareness...

UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital’s enduring association with the fight for women’s rights and gender equality, 30 years on...

Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young women from across the world took over the Economic...

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...