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News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 82
Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Mar 24 (IPS) - An open hearing in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case is raising hopes that this country and other Latin American nations might overturn or at least mitigate the severe laws that criminalize abortion.
Championing Sustainability Despite Adversities in Asia & the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 20 (IPS) - As we reach the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is an opportune moment to reflect on the Asia-Pacific region’s progress and accelerate efforts to achieve our goals.
Belief in Witchcraft Costing Lives of Elderly Women in Malawi
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Mar 17 (IPS) - In December last year, a video clip went viral of two elderly women surrounded by a charged-up crowd and engulfed in a cloud of dust as they filled up a grave in a village in the Mzimba district in northern Malawi.
Health - Its Time for Women to Lead the Sector
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC / LONDON, Mar 16 (IPS) - Women health workers are more than two thirds of the health workforce and represent 90% of the world’s frontline health workers, yet hold less than a quarter of senior leadership roles - a situation which is unfair and a significant risk for global health security.
Gender Empowerment Falters at the Highest Echelons of the UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16 (IPS) - When Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last week, he said the annual meeting takes on even greater significance at a time when women’s rights are being “abused, threatened, and violated around the world.”
Solar Powered Freezer Improving Immunization Coverage in Hard-to-Reach Rural Villages
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 13 (IPS) - Up until 2019, nurses in three health facilities located in the semi-arid south-eastern Kenya region of Makueni County struggled to bring critical health services closer to a hard-to-reach population scattered across three remote, far-flung villages.
Parliamentarians Pledge to Act on Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 13 (IPS) - Child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), sexuality education, religion, and tradition came under the spotlight during a conference, Arab and Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting to Follow-Up on ICPD25 Commitments: Addressing Youth Empowerment and Gender-Based Violence, held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Digital technology new source of discrimination against women: Guterres
- UN News
During a dialogue with women civil society leaders in the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres heard about the critical need to make the internet safer for women and girls – and to ensure that they are equal participants in global conservations, both online and in-person.
INTERVIEW: ‘Every other young girl you see in The Gambia has undergone female genital mutilation’
- UN News
Women in The Gambia face high levels of female genital mutilation (FGM), period poverty (an inability to afford menstrual hygiene products), and domestic violence. In an interview with UN News, Ndeye Rose Sarr, the head of the UN reproductive and sexual health agency (UNFPA) in the country, underlines the challenges they face, and the efforts the UN is making to address the issues.
International Womens Day, 2023: Gender-Responsive Approach to Technology and Innovation Will Ensure Progress
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Promoting gender equality in technology and digital spaces is at the core of the UN’s observance of International Women’s Day (IWD) as UN senior officials call on the world to take concrete action against ingrained gender biases.
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