Apr 7, 2025 · Promoting women’s human rights and achieving gender equality are core commitments of the UN Human Rights Office. We promote women and girls’ equal enjoyment …

Mar 7, 2025 · Today, for International Women’s Day, Human Rights Watch’s Women’s Rights Division Director Macarena Sáez speaks with Amy Braunschweiger about the best and worst …

Mar 6, 2025 · Women are the backbone of the global health and care workforce, yet their contributions often go unrecognized and undervalued. The world faces a projected shortfall of …

Nov 18, 2024 · Donald Trump’s first administration as US president attacked women’s rights across a broad range of issues, including undermining access to birth control, eroding efforts …

Apr 28, 2025 · For example, women and girls face increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Some of the sociocultural factors that prevent women and girls to benefit from quality health services …

Afghan women wait to receive financial assistance from the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Kohsan district, Herat province, September 25, 2024.

Jan 31, 2025 · More than 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is practiced. …

Women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to …

May 24, 2021 · Gender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, …

Protect and expand the civic space of women human rights defenders and feminist movements; Facilitate equal participation of women, men and people of diverse gender identities in civil, …