violence against women and girls
- Opinion by Stephanie Asher
- • May 3, 2017
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Everyone has a fundamental right to live free of violence. Yet violence against women and girls is a health epidemic and a leading cause of injury and disability for women across the globe. In many regions, it kills as…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Johanna Higgs
- • December 28, 2016
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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — On the outskirts of the capital here, it is dark and loud in a makeshift bar as Congolese music blares across the room. When we ask two patrons if children are there, they point…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Trafficking, Poverty
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- Barbara Crossette
- • March 27, 2013
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The 57th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women ended in mid-March more with a sigh of relief than with jubilation. The commission, comprising 45 national delegations, managed to reach a final agreement (which it…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Special Report, Women
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- Opinion by Margaret Owen
- • March 11, 2013
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As the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s annual conference enters its final week, the political agendas of different countries are reflected in the deep divisions over how to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls,…