News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 130
All Humans Are Born Equal in Rights? Thats Still Far from Being True
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Dec 06 (IPS) - ”All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” These words are a sound introduction to the transcendental issue of human rights and equalities, as stated by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray conflict
- UN News
Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence against women and girls caught in the Tigray conflict in northern Ethiopia.
‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online
- UN News
Corporate logos and Intellectual Property (IP) receive “greater protection online than we do as human beings”, the UN’s women’s health agency that works to end gender-based violence, UNFPA, said on Thursday, launching a new bodyright campaign to help shield bodies and minds from cyber violence.
African Network Fosters Unity, Fights Gender Discrimination & Advances Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 02 (IPS) - The widespread 21-month-old lockdown, triggered by the corona virus pandemic, had a destructive impact on the global economy, claimed over 5.2 million lives, destabilized governments and radically changed lifestyles worldwide.
How Inequality Drives HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women
- Inter Press Service
Nov 30 (IPS) - Despite the advances that have been made against HIV, the world has 37 million people living with HIV. And 680,000 people died from AIDS-related causes in 2020. While the prevention of mother to child transmission, and provision of treatment as prevention, are great successes, there are still gaps. Over 1.5 million new HIV infections were recorded in 2020.
How to Tackle the Femicide Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
BRISTOL, UK, Nov 30 (IPS) - Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the increase in domestic violence rates has led the United Nations to declare a ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence. In the most brutal cases, the violence has led to murder – or ‘femicide’, as the World Health Organisation calls the killing of women specifically because of their gender.
Pakistan: Gender-Intentional Policy Can Make Agent Banking Work Better
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 29 (IPS) - Many women in Pakistan remain financially excluded. In 2020, only 7% of the female population had a formal account.
One of the reasons for this is that agent networks — the bridge between the cash economy and digital financial services — remain largely inaccessible to many women. Approaching policy and regulation through a gender-intentional lens that considers prevailing social norms can help regulators affect positive change in this arena.
Gender, Education and Drop Outs
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Nov 26 (IPS) - While COVID 19 is keeping the world and news media in its constant grip and national politics often come to the forefront, it might be easy to forget urgent and nevertheless related matters. One is how global education has suffered and how children and youngsters have been forced to cope with a different reality. This aspect like so many other of human existence is gendered and while addressing education it is relevant to talk about changing gender roles as well.
Violence against refugee women surged in 2020, but grassroots solutions can help tackle scourge
- UN News
One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globally, the UN refugee agency, (UNHCR), said on Thursday.
On International Day, UN chief says ‘violence against women is not inevitable’
- UN News
In a virtual event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorated annually on 25 November, UN Women chief Sima Bahous described gender-based violence (GBV) as “a global crisis”.
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