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First Person: fighting for women ’s financial freedom
Around the world, the opportunities for women to lead successful, financially secure lives are being limited by government legislation, company policies and deep-rooted misogyny. The UN is leading efforts to give women more access to digital financial tools, seen as essential to playing a full part in the global economy. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

In Yemen ’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the price
Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani, remembers meeting Abia at Al Mawa Camp in Yemen’s Ibb Governorate. Abia was 15 years old and eight months pregnant. “I was very worried,” Ms. Al-Shurmani recalled. “She had a prolapsed uterus, and she was severely malnourished.”  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Supermodel Natalia Vodianova joins UNFPA to tackle stigma and advance women ’s health
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, on Wednesday appointed supermodel, philanthropist, and impact investor Natalia Vodianova as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, in an effort to empower women and girls, including fighting stigma surrounding menstruation. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FROM THE FIELD: The Indian women weaving a digital web
Hundreds of thousands of Indian women are learning to market themselves and sell products online, with the support of a digital literacy project managed by the World Bank. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FROM THE FIELD: Life after conflict in the Central African Republic
Behind each case brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC), lie countless personal stories of horror, trauma and, sometimes, hope. “Life after conflict”, a photo-led series published by the ICC, shows the devastating impact that war crimes have on people’s lives. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

' We had to run for our lives ’: the pregnant women fleeing Tigray
Pregnant women are amongst the tens of thousands of people in need of assistance in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where fighting between the Government and regional forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have been ongoing since November 2020. Hiwot* is one of them. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FROM THE FIELD: The teenage Uzbek girls using science to help their community
Young women in Uzbekistan are using technology to help improve the lives of those around them, challenging perceptions of the roles that women and girls play in society. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FROM THE FIELD: women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality
Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is trying to address the gender imbalance, by raising awareness of the leading role that women researchers play in tackling global problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘If I can do it, so can you’: women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality
Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is trying to address the gender imbalance, by raising awareness of the leading role that women researchers play in tackling global problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘Women and girls belong in science’ declares UN chief  
Closed labs and increased care responsibilities are just a two of the challenges women in scientific fields are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said in his message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on Thursday.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Hopes and fears of mother-to-be in Afghanistan
A mother in Afghanistan has been talking about the hopes and fears for her unborn daughter in a country where the birth of a girl can often be a curse rather than a blessing. Women and girls, in particular, often suffer abuse at the hands of men in a male-driven society where boys are sometimes valued above girls.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FROM THE FIELD: COVID-19 increasing risk of female genital mutilation
The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the risk of female genital mutilation or FGM, with the UN predicting that an additional two million girls will be subjected to the practice in the next ten years. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Unity, funding and decisive action needed to end FGM and protect millions of girls, UN says
The United Nations has called for collaboration at all levels, and across all sectors of  society, to protect millions of girls and women at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) every year.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Guterres welcomes US decision to restore funding to UNFPA
The United Nations Secretary-General, on Thursday, welcomed the United States administration’s announcement to restore funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), calling it a “powerful message” for women and girls globally.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - January 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

FROM THE FIELD: India ’s pandemic of violence against women
An increase in violence against women in India during the global COVID-19 outbreak has been described by the United Nations as a "shadow pandemic". (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - December 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news