- World Report 2025: Afghanistan - Human Rights Watch
Afghan women wait to receive financial assistance from the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Kohsan district, Herat province, September 25, 2024
- “More than a human can bear”: Israels systematic use of sexual . . .
These acts violate women’s and girls’ reproductive rights and autonomy, as well as their right to life, health, founding a family, human dignity, physical and mental integrity, freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, and self-determination and the principle of non-discrimination
- Gaza: UN expert denounces genocidal violence against women and girls
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, today called for immediate global action to halt what she described as an unfolding “femi-genocide” in Gaza, saying the scale and nature of the crimes inflicted on Palestinian women and girls by Israeli forces are so extreme that existing concepts in legal and criminal
- Gender equality and women’s rights | OHCHR
Promoting women’s human rights and achieving gender equality are core commitments of the UN Human Rights Office We promote women and girls’ equal enjoyment of all human rights, including freedom from violence, sexual and reproductive rights, access to justice, socio-economic equality, and participation in decision-making
- Womens health - World Health Organization (WHO)
For example, women and girls face increased vulnerability to HIV AIDS Some of the sociocultural factors that prevent women and girls to benefit from quality health services and attaining the best possible level of health include: unequal power relationships between men and women; social norms that decrease education and paid employment
- The State of Women’s Rights - Human Rights Watch
Today, for International Women’s Day, Human Rights Watch’s Women’s Rights Division Director Macarena Sáez speaks with Amy Braunschweiger about the best and worst of women’s rights last
- WHO issues first global guideline to improve pregnancy care for women . . .
Critically, the guideline highlights the need for respectful, individualized care, adapted according to women’s unique needs, medical histories and preferences It also addresses the importance of tackling stigma and discrimination within healthcare settings, which can be a major challenge for people with SCD in several countries around the
- Interview: Women’s Rights Under Trump | Human Rights Watch
Donald Trump’s first administration as US president attacked women’s rights across a broad range of issues, including undermining access to birth control, eroding efforts to end the pay gap
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