March 28, 2025
Celebrating Women in Municipal Government
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March 19, 2025
Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty
Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy compulsory veiling using arbitrary detention, unjust prosecution, flogging, and even the death penalty in a bid to qua
March 14, 2025
‘Without us, there is no future’: Youth take over UN Women’s Commission
“Support us and include us in intergovernmental processes,” said Ema Meçaj, a medical student and member of Albania’s youth steering committee, who was among young men and women panellists from around the world at an interactive dialogue at the 69th session of world’s l
March 13, 2025
Women charged to take centre stage in Nigerian politics
As Nigeria continues its quest for socio-economic development, women have been encouraged to vie for political positions at all levels of government, from local councils to the National Assembly.
March 11, 2025
Men Continue to Dominate Politics
NEW YORK | 11 March 2025 (IDN) — New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women underscores the critical need for immediate action, as progress toward gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025 has been unaccept
March 11, 2025
Confronting backlash against women’s rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality