September 4, 2025
How Violating Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Worsens Life for All
On August 15, 2021, the lives of the Afghan people underwent a stochastic lifestyle shift.
World News
September 4, 2025
All-Island Event Calls for Action to Promote Women’s Leadership
Women’s voices and experiences are crucial for the functioning of our democracy. Yet, despite many women’s roles as community leaders right across the island, they remain significantly underrepresented in our political system North and South.
September 4, 2025
Why Women in Nepal Can’t Afford to Stay in Politics
Nepal is heading to the polls in less than two years. Voters will choose their representatives for three tiers of government – the local, provincial, and federal – which will shape Nepal’s political course until the early 2030s.
September 4, 2025
Press briefing by UN Women on the new Afghanistan Gender Alert
Today, UN Women is releasing new data which shows that, despite this ban, the vast majority of Afghans – women and men alike – support girls’ education.
September 4, 2025
Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education
In a nationwide, door-to-door survey of more than 2,000 Afghans, 92 per cent said it was “important” for girls to continue their schooling, with support cutting across rural and urban communities.
September 4, 2025
CAR: Ratification of the Maputo Protocol, an essential step – sustained efforts to guarantee women’s and girls’ rights must follow
Reacting to the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, (
September 3, 2025
Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights
August 15, 2025
From politics to innovation: how South Asia’s youth is rewriting its growth story
August 15, 2025
Local action, global impact: 15 years of building the Global Shapers youth movement
Young people are at the forefront of change worldwide. From climate justice to digital inclusion, young people are organizing, innovating and leading real solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges.