Statement and call to action for increased investment on prevention by nine UN entities on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International Day… Read More »Call to action: UNiTE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls!
Gender-based violence has had a place on China’s national policy agenda in recent years; since the country’s first national law on domestic violence went into… Read More »How men and boys can help women survivors of gender-based violence: Shu Huang’s story
Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls. Defined as an intentional killing with a gender-related motivation,… Read More »Five essential facts to know about femicide
Nearly 89,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2022 across the globe, says a new research paper, “Gender-related killings of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)”,… Read More »Press release: More women and girls killed in 2022 even as overall homicide numbers fall, says new research from UNODC and UN Women
UN Women’s Empowering Women in Crisis project, funded by the government of Japan, has provided relief and support to 11 women’s shelters throughout Sri Lanka.
Isaac Adongo compared his vice-president’s economic policies to the Manchester Utd star’s performances.
The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim… Read More »China expands crackdown on mosques outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says
A secret cell headed by CIA and Mossad chiefs, and multiple contacts between US President Joe Biden and leaders of Israel, Qatar, and Egypt underpinned… Read More »US reveals ‘excruciating’ five-week negotiations behind Israel-Hamas deal
A new Dutch political party started by Pieter Omtzigt is among those leading in opinion polls for the snap elections in the Netherlands on Wednesday, November… Read More »Netherlands: Is centrist Pieter Omtzigt the Dutch version of Macron?
Ghana fall to a 1-0 defeat in Comoros while Cameroon and Senegal are forced to settle for away draws in 2026 World Cup qualifying.
