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Gender
Combating violence
Devastatingly pervasive: 1 in 3 women globally experience violence
Younger women among those most at risk: WHO
By
UN Women
Combating violence
Sierra Leone: Two friends walk 500 km in campaign against rape
Sierra Leonean Hindola Pokawa, 43, and his American friend, Dustyn Montgomery, 23, walked for 21 days through different towns to raise awareness about gender-based violence.
By
Osman Benk Sankoh
Women’s empowerment
Freeing women and girls from violence in Mozambique
By
Spotlight Initiative
Gender
“A crisis with a woman’s face”
— United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.
By
António Guterres
Gender
Eritrea at the UN: Rebuilding towards a fresh narrative
— Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam
By
Zipporah Musau
Empowerment
History made as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala picked to head WTO
The Nigerian former minister is the first woman and first African to hold this position
By
Damilola Adewumi
Gender
Turning the tide for women and girls caught in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado crisis
The resource-rich land of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique has developed one of the continent’s most complex and layered crises.
By
Julitta Onabanjo
Gender
'My daughters will never undergo FGM'
— Survivors are leading the push to end female genital mutilation
By
Spotlight Initiative
Gender
Breaking the silence that led to surge in teenage pregnancies
In an environment where most families view sex as a taboo subject, parents are often in denial about their children being sexually active.
By
United Nations Population Fund
Gender
Call for applications for Young Women Leaders Initiative
By
UN Women
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