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The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less...

As conflict rages across Sudan, armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including some infants as young as one, according to the UN...

Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations are being challenged by growing disunity between Member States, the UN head of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said...

Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving millions in urgent need of support, according to...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where hundreds...

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial to economic growth – yet gender inequality in these fields remains widespread. 

Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and can...

As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action,...

“I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down,” said Hawa’a Mohamed Kamil, a peer educator in Djibouti, who was subjected...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday he would “welcome constructive dialogue” with the United States Government over the decision...