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Girl Rising Expands Its Gender and Life Skills Curriculum in India Followi
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15: Girl Rising, an international nonprofit dedicated to advancing girls' education, has come together with She's the First, a nonprofit focused on girls' rights and mentorship. Moving forward as Girl Rising, the combined organization will build on their shared com
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UNFPA, WHO condemn medicalisation of female genital mutilation, issue join
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In 2024, over 230 million women and girls globally had undergone FGM, with 80 million of them living in Asia. Alarmingly, around 1 in 4 acts of FGM are carried out by professional health workers, in clinics or homes. This creates the misconception that FGM is 'safer' and 'less harmful' wh
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WHO emphasises on rights, equality and empowerment on International Women'
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Saima Wazed, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia, said in a statement, "this year's theme 'For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment', calls for actions to unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all women and girls, for a future where no one is left behind. Empow
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Pakistan: HRFP calls for gender justice and equality on International Wome
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Under the UN theme, "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment," the event brought together voices from various sectors to call for systemic change and gender justice.
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UN rights chief Volker Turk calls for prioritizing women's and girls' righ
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
At a time when women in Afghanistan are denied basic rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called for prioritising women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.
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Afghanistan "will be very much on the agenda" of 78th UNGA meeting: UN Chi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Following the deteriorating situations in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that women and girls' rights in Afghanistan will be an issue that "will be very much on the agenda" of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting, reporte
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Unstable, volatile Afghanistan causes worry to UN
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Worsening human rights, in particular women's and girls' rights, poverty, hunger, terrorism and the spread of drug trafficking are among the issues that the people of Afghanistan have been facing under Taliban rule.
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Afghanistan: Taliban orders ban on female students in university entrance
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the latest decree, the Taliban has banned female students from sitting in university entrance exams which are slated to take place next month, the Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported.
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Afghanistan to be further isolated if its women face isolation, UN warns T
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to The Khaama Press, a high-level UN delegation traveled to Afghanistan this week and met with high-ranking Taliban officials to ensure the protection of women and girls' rights amid the growing concern over their alienation.
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OIC asks Taliban to reconsider ban on women from working for NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The statement was issued by OIC in its final communique of the Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on "The Recent Developments and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan."
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11.6 million Afghan women, girls are no longer receiving vital aid: US env
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
On December 24, the Taliban issued a decree banning women from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions will force the UN Refugee Agency to temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children.
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