- World Report 2025: Afghanistan | Human Rights Watch
The situation in Afghanistan worsened in 2024 as the Taliban authorities intensified their crackdown on human rights, particularly against women and girls Afghanistan remained the only country
- Gender equality and women’s rights | OHCHR
Our work 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
- WHO issues first global guideline to improve pregnancy care for women . . .
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first-ever global guideline on the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) during pregnancy, addressing a critical and growing health challenge that can have life-threatening consequences for both women and babies
- World Report 2025: Pakistan | Human Rights Watch
Violence against women and girls — including rape, murder, acid attacks, domestic violence, denial of education, sexual harassment at work, and child and forced marriage — is a serious problem
- World Report 2025: El Salvador | Human Rights Watch
Local and international human rights groups have documented mass arbitrary detention, torture, and, in some cases, sexual violence against women and girls in detention, and enforced disappearances
- Womens health
The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors For example, women and girls face increased vulnerability to HIV AIDS
- Violence against women - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on violence against women providing key facts and information on the scope of the problem, health consequences, prevention, WHO response
- 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 What could his second term mean for women in the United States and beyond? The
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