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Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education
Kabul, Afghanistan: Despite the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, Afghans across gender... -
Honoring Contributions of Emirati Women
On August 28th, 2025, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) celebrates Emirati Women’s Day...
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From Hashtags to Action: Why Pakistan Needs a Collective Blueprint for Women in Tech Every year on International Women’s Day, timelines flood with powerful stories, corporate campaigns, and hashtags... -
The private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new report from UN Women launched today New York – Gender equality remains the unfinished business of our... -
Governments commit more than 212 actions showing global support for women and girls. New York – 2025 marks a once-in-a-generation milestone for women’s rights and gender equality: 30 years since...
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Afghan women and girls face increased risks of poverty, early marriage, harassment and exploitation amid a surge in returns to the country In a new report, UN Women, CARE...
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The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate... -
Tell us about yourself, where you are from, and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path. I’m Fatima Alshamsi, an Emirati... -
Art imitates life. It not only mirrors society, but also supplies a mirror through which social norms, taboos, stereotypes and deeply entrenched belief systems can be discovered by a... -
November 25th, 2024, (New York/Vienna): On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, the report Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides by UN...
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Bridging the Gender Gap: Women in Pakistan’s Evolving Tech Sector
While Pakistan is going through severe economic and political turmoil at the moment,... -
Kaarvan Trained Artisans Highlight Women Empowerment Through Craft
An exhibition, Uraan Chapter 12, displaying exquisite handicrafts by Pakistani female artisans was...
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Many challenges exist in Pakistan when it comes to socio-economic development. In February 2018, a UN report cited the country having a worrying degree of gender inequality in its... -
Technology has played a pivotal role empowering women not just digitally but socio-politically and economically as well. Through a parallel reality that is the World Wide Web women have... -
Check out our top 100 global trailblazers handpicked for their tremendous achievements, empowering and enabling societies. Women have come a very long way – from the likes of Helen... -
International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on the progress we made, a time to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary... -
Since the eruption of violent conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar, many thousands of refugees have since crossed the border into Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Discrimination and marginalisation is nothing new... -
Education is key to economic empowerment and for societies to flourish sustainably, it is equally important to encourage inclusion. Coupled with this, technology is a tool which can be... -
After a 3 to 4 hours journey on a rough Murram road, I needed to change my sanitary pad urgently before the menstrual blood could soil my jeans. I... -
As the number of older adults increases – a greater majority of which comprise women, their (older women’s) lives will be deeply impacted by changing demographics and dynamics. To-date,...