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On a mission to cut Papua New Guinea ’s high levels of sexual violence
Nearly 60 per cent of women and girls aged 15-49 in Papua New Guinea have experienced some form of physical sexual violence, almost twice the global average. A health support group, backed by the UN, is educating young people and supporting survivors. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Ukraine war: Reports reveal women are stepping up, impact on education
The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and access to food, according to a UN-backed report focused on the changing gender dynamics of the conflict.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Ukraine war: UN signs framework to assist survivors of sexual violence
Women’s rights do not end when wars begin, a senior UN official said in Ukraine on Tuesday, outlining measures towards ensuring justice and accountability for sexual violence committed during the conflict in the country.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - May 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Tech needs girls, and girls need tech
More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the digital world. Marking International Girls in ICT Day, on Thursday, UN agencies have issued a call to action to ensure equal access to digital learning opportunities. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - April 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Rights chief Bachelet backs call for greater women ’s role in disarmament talks
Disarmament research agency UNIDIR called on Thursday for more women to take their rightful place in international security discussions – a move that’s been warmly welcomed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - April 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, urging ambassadors to ensure accountability for conflict-related sexual violence.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - April 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UNHCR calls for better oversight of UK ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has highlighted the need for “adequate safeguards” and vetting measures to be put in place against the possible exploitation of Ukrainian women, under the United Kingdom’s “Homes for Ukraine” scheme. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - April 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The key to climate action and sustainable peace? Women ’s full and equal participation
Women and children increasingly bear the brunt of climate change, which deepens the inequalities and vulnerabilities they already face, such as poverty, violence, lack of opportunities and basic human rights. Yet women are not victims; they are survivors, innovators and solution-multipliers who deserve a real seat at the table. Two Colombian activists tell us why this is true. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - April 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘Staggering number’ of unintended pregnancies reveals failure to uphold women’s rights 
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.  (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Fighting child marriage in India, thanks to school and a mobile phone
With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the Government of Rajasthan, India, to combat child marriage. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Taliban ’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human rights chief shared her “profound frustration and disappointment” that six months after the Taliban seized power, high school girls have yet to return to the classroom. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Women and girls deserve to live without violence in ‘safety, dignity and freedom’
Violence against women and girls may be the world’s “longest, deadliest pandemic,” the UN chief said on Tuesday, during an event focused on the role boys and men need to play, to help eliminate gender-based violence. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Monday. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

World must deliver support to Afghans: UN refugee chief
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world
Gender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment of all”, been mostly in the hands of men, the UN chief told a town hall meeting on Wednesday, devoted to the issue. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - March 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news