News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 108
First Person: Helping Afghan women to heal
- UN News
Najiba*, a mother, counsellor, and former university lecturer, helps women heal from trauma in Afghanistan. Despite threats and restrictions on her freedom to move, she continues to enable women to learn and heal.
To Accelerate Social Change, Approach Philanthropy With a Feminist Lens
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Aug 18 (IPS) - Feminist movements are powerful, and donors who want to contribute to solving the biggest challenges facing the world today, should fund them deeply, and without restrictions. Research by Htun and Weldon back this up, showing that globally, feminist movements have been some of the biggest drivers of progressive social change.
First Person: Heartbroken but hopeful, under Taliban rule in Afghanistan
- UN News
Zarina* is a young Afghan woman entrepreneur. Her drive for innovating, and passion for baking made her one of Afghanistan’s youngest entrepreneurs. Her business is still running, but her clients are scarce and her plans for expansion across the country had to be shut down.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis pushes health system to brink of collapse
- UN News
Sri Lanka is in the midst of the worst socio-economic crisis in its history, and the once robust health-care system is nearing collapse, with patients at risk from power shortages, a lack of medicines, and equipment shortages.
First Person: ‘We are the hope, we are the power keeping Afghanistan together’
- UN News
Mahbouba Sera, one of the world’s most prominent women’s rights activists, chose to stay in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, to witness what was happening to her country, and to work for a society that benefits all of its people.
UN HIV/AIDS advocate and ‘proud champion’ of women dies at 92
- UN News
Nafis Sadik, who died on Monday at the age 92 was the first woman to ever head one of the UN’s major voluntarily funded programmes and leaves a rich legacy of contributions to women’s health and rights.
First Person: ‘I realized Afghan women were still fighting. And I chose to be one of them’
- UN News
Nasima*, 36, is a peacebuilder and a women’s rights activist in Afghanistan. After the Taliban regained effective control of the country a year ago, she continued to work in Afghanistan, in what would soon become one of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies.
UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
- UN News
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, three UN agencies reported on Monday.
Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Wiped out Under the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (IPS) - In the year that has passed since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan we have seen daily and continuous deterioration in the situation of Afghan women and girls. This has spanned every aspect of their human rights, from living standards to social and political status.
‘We can’t turn our backs on Afghanistan’s future’: A Resident Coordinator Blog
- UN News
A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, describes his fears for girls’ lives, and calls for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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