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Key UN committee approves resolution calling for a global ban on female...

The article reports, ” Campaigners against female circumcision scored a major victory Monday with the approval by a key U.N. committee of a resolution calling for a global ban on female genital...

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UN: Despite Law, Afghan Women Still Suffer Abuse from NPR, 12/11/12

The article reports, “Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence under a 3-year-old law, according...

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“We can get to ZERO!” – UN Women Executive Director from UNWomen, 3/11/14

Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNAIDS special event on HIV and gender equality as part of the post-2015 agenda, New York, 11 March, 2014. Read more:...

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Violence Against Women Is at ‘Alarmingly High Levels,’ U.N. Says from TIME,...

“Uneven progress” 20 years after the landmark Beijing conference on gender equality Violence against women around the world “persists at alarmingly high levels in many forms,” according to a new U.N....

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U.N. Report: Afghan Courts Are Failing Women After Domestic Violence from...

The report followed 110 women from around the country through the Afghan judicial system and mediation process. The U.N. review aimed to gauge the effectiveness of 2009’s Elimination of Violence...

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President Obama Issues LGBTQ Pride Month Proclamation From Visalia Times...

A PROCLAMATION “From the moment our Nation first came together to declare the fundamental truth that all men are created equal, courageous and dedicated patriots have fought to refine our founding...

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Agenda 2030: Violence against women from GBN Ghana Business News, 06/10/2015

Key Messages •  All regions have unacceptably high rates of violence against women, with recent global estimates showing that 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or...

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U.N. Says Cyber Violence Is Equivalent to Physical Violence Against Women...

The report calls itself a “wake-up call” about cyber violence as a systemic concern, especially as technology is spreading across more regions. Presented by U.N. Women and the U.N. Broadband...

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Through education, youth act to prevent violence against women from UN Women,...

Dina Hossam, 21, from Cairo, Egypt, dreams of a world without violence against women. “It’s a world where I don’t have to take my brother with me for my protection when I go out.” Dina is the youngest...

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Human Rights Day observed across the world from Hue Wire, 12/10/2015

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminds us “On Human Rights Day, let us recommit to guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and protecting the human rights of all”. On the occasion of...

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