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For nearly 26 years Dr Denis Mukwege a politically outspoken gynecologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been running a renowned hospital in a turbulent war zone over mineral resources in the country 8217 s east to heal …
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, Women
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Michelle Bachelet a two time president of Chile and ex UN high commissioner for human rights is the winner of our informal survey on which woman should be the next United Nations secretary general starting in the five year term …
- Categories: Secretary-General, US-UN Relations, Women
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BUGHENDERA Uganda 8212 In this East African country many young women 8217 s dreams of earning a university degree and pursuing a career are being shattered because they can 8217 t access the contraceptives they need to avoid getting pregnant …
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Women
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In the Taliban 8217 s Afghanistan it 8217 s not uncommon for three women to share a hospital bed Nor is it rare for premature babies to share incubators This occurs in the most developed city the capital of Kabul …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, Security Council, Women
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Every year women 8217 s equal roles in peace talks are highlighted in October at the United Nations This time the women peace and security agenda as it 8217 s known got attention outside the UN near the steps to …
- Categories: Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women
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Only 21 of the 192 speakers participating at the annual 8220 high level 8221 week of the United Nations General Assembly in September were women a far cry from the UN 8217 s gender equality ambitions included in the Sustainable …
- Categories: General Assembly, SDGs, Women
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8220 I became a diplomat by accident 8221 Cambodia 8217 s ambassador to the United Nations Sophea Eat said Yet her rise in the world of diplomacy is also a story of survival hard work and resilience Eat 58 …
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LAGOS 8212 When Hilda Bassey broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual she had no real professional cooking experience Though steeped in Nigerian food culture she had not gone to cooking school Her main …
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The phrase 8220 gender apartheid 8221 is used in a new United Nations report describing the continuing grave violations of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan The goal of using the term the experts who wrote the report …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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BUFFALO N Y 8212 On Mother 8217 s Day weekend in the United States families across Buffalo were commemorating a mass shooting of exactly one year ago Occurring at the only supermarket in the city 8217 s Masten District the …
- Categories: Cities, Human Rights, Poverty, SDGs, Women
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Nationwide protests convulsing Iran triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody last September have tapered off but as the women led uprising recedes from the streets a new spectacle is dominating slowly It is unnerving the authorities …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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Lyuba Maksymovych never imagined she would be rescuing women and children amid a hot war She also never foresaw that a war could unite her country and induce deepening respect for women there 8212 a 8220 big step 8221 she …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Refugees, Ukraine-Russia War, Women
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Iran 8217 s crackdown on women 8217 s rights protests that erupted in September and the Taliban recently banning women from working in nongovernmental organizations or from attending university have served as a reminder of how fast women 8217 s …
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights, Women
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Although nobody knows exactly what a feminist foreign policy should look like numerous countries continue to adopt the banner ever since it originated in Sweden in 2014 when Margot Wallstrom the foreign minister at the time announced the pioneering concept …
- Categories: Cities, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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