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Sierra Leone: Female genital mutilation ‘amounts to torture,’ impunity must end
UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for stronger measures to prevent and penalize female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: Helping Afghan women to heal
Najiba*, a mother, counsellor, and former university lecturer, helps women heal from trauma in Afghanistan. Despite threats and restrictions on her freedom to move, she continues to enable women to learn and heal. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: Heartbroken but hopeful, under Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Zarina* is a young Afghan woman entrepreneur. Her drive for innovating, and passion for baking made her one of Afghanistan’s youngest entrepreneurs. Her business is still running, but her clients are scarce and her plans for expansion across the country had to be shut down. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: ‘We are the hope, we are the power keeping Afghanistan together’
Mahbouba Sera, one of the world’s most prominent women’s rights activists, chose to stay in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, to witness what was happening to her country, and to work for a society that benefits all of its people. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UN HIV/AIDS advocate and ‘proud champion’ of women dies at 92
Nafis Sadik, who died on Monday at the age 92 was the first woman to ever head one of the UN’s major voluntarily funded programmes and leaves a rich legacy of contributions to women’s health and rights. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First Person: ‘I realized Afghan women were still fighting. And I chose to be one of them’
Nasima*, 36, is a peacebuilder and a women’s rights activist in Afghanistan. After the Taliban regained effective control of the country a year ago, she continued to work in Afghanistan, in what would soon become one of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, three UN agencies reported on Monday.   (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UN agencies underline commitment to women and girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, several UN agencies said on Monday.   (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘We can’t turn our backs on Afghanistan’s future’: A Resident Coordinator Blog
A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, describes his fears for girls’ lives, and calls for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Young workers have been hit hardest by COVID fallout, says UN labour agency
The number of young people globally who can’t find a job this year is set to reach 73 million – that’s a full six million more than before COVID-19 – the UN labour agency said on Thursday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Indigenous women ’s work to preserve traditional knowledge celebrated on International Day
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, which is critical to achieving a just future for all people.   (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UNFPA global innovation awards: 10 projects that will change lives of women and girls
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide funding for social enterprises with innovative solutions that advance the empowerment of women and girls worldwide. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - August 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Women working together, to survive Lebanon ’s economic crisis
Lebanon’s women-led cooperatives are helping communities to cope with the country’ recent wave of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and the notorious August 2021 Beirut Port Explosion. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - July 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘I will never stop telling my story’: Confronting victim-blaming for sexual assault 
Imagine enduring a terrifying sexual attack. Bruised and shaken, you recount what happened to the police only for them to turn the tables on you, by asking: what were you wearing?   (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - July 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

US abortion debate: Rights experts urge lawmakers to adhere to women ’s convention 
A week since the US Supreme Court overturned a landmark, 50-year-old judgement guaranteeing access to abortion, top UN-appointed independent experts urged United States lawmakers on Friday to adhere to international law that protects women’s right to sexual and reproductive health.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - July 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news