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July 31, 2025
UN Women Executive Director and EESC President sign landmark declaration to advance global gender equality during HLPF in New York

The Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) signed a pivotal Joint Declaration today on the sidelines of the High-Level Political F

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https://globalvoices.org/2025/05/01/the-fight-for-abortion-rights-in-sri-lanka/
July 15, 2025
The fight for abortion rights in Sri Lanka

This article by Mia Abeyawardene originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka.

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https://globalvoices.org/2025/05/31/it-was-the-cow-that-built-your-school-mama-annas-grassroots-revolution-on-mount-meru-tanzania/
July 15, 2025
‘It was the cow that built your school’: Mama Anna’s grassroots revolution on Mount Meru, Tanzania

High on the slopes of Mount Meru, in Tanzania’s

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https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/02/silenced-transferred-threatened-women-are-still-speaking-out-in-post-uprising-bangladesh/
July 15, 2025
Silenced, transferred, threatened: Women are still speaking out in post-uprising Bangladesh

In the aftermath of Bangladesh’s historic student-people's uprising in July 2024 that led to the removal of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

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https://borgenproject.org/gender-wage-gap-in-the-maldives/
July 15, 2025
Bridging the Gender Wage Gap in the Maldives

The Maldives, a nation known for its natural beauty and growing economy, has taken meaningful steps toward gender equality.

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https://punchng.com/borno-women-demand-reserved-positions-in-politics/
July 7, 2025
Borno women demand reserved positions in politics

Women in Borno state have called on the state government to mandate the reservation of special portfolios both at the state and federal levels.

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June 20, 2025
WYDE Women’s Leadership Initiative | Empowering women leaders globally

In 2024, the Women and Youth Democratic Engagement (WYDE) | Women’s Leadership Initiative was launched as a global multi-partner effort to advance women’s full and effective political participation and representation in decision-making at all levels, particularly for th

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