Half of all charities that help women and girls risk folding this year due to savage aid cuts ... In a report published last week, UN Women said funding cuts had affected 90 per cent of the 411 global ...

Home is the most dangerous place for women and girls': UN report Between 2011 and 2020, Gisèle Pélicot was drugged without her knowledge by her then-husband, Dominique Pélicot, who invited at least 50 ...

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) has called for immediate legal action over the assault of two girls at Munshiganj launch terminal. In a press statement issued last night ...

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The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions, and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. It is ...

The 72-year-old was chosen by more than 10,000 voters from 84 countries for her stand against the normalisation of rape and sexual abuse. Her younger son, Florian, accepted the award on her behalf ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue. When people flee their homes, they are often at greater risk of physical, sexual ...

“The home is the most dangerous place for women and girls,” UN Women and the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime said in a new report. What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the ...

In total, 164 – or 80% – of countries have submitted benchmark values for at least one of eight SDG 4 benchmark indicators, the last one added following the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit. The ...

Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just as they are at their most vulnerable. The UN’s reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has been working to assess ...