March 13, 2013
Women’s Security in the Middle East and North Africa
What are the challenges to women’s security in the MENA region?
violence against women
March 8, 2013
International Women's Day: STATEMENT BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR, HELEN CLARK
8 MARCH 2013
March 4, 2013
Kenya heads to polls as women seek justice for violence during last election
The testimonies filed to a Nairobi court last week are difficult to read. A woman is raped in front of her daughter, first by police and then by looters. A student is dragged into the bush and has his foreskin cut off.
February 26, 2013
Media advisory: UN Women co-sponsored events during the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, 4 – 15 March 2013
It is estimated that up to seven in ten women globally will be beaten, raped, abused, or mutilated in their lifetimes.
January 25, 2013
Gender, violence and the post-2015 framework
Violent attacks on girls and women are nothing new.
October 3, 2009
Inside Rwanda's gender revolution
Last month, Rwanda achieved something no other country had ever done before: produce a legislature in which women outnumber men.