- 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
- 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
- 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
- “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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights | OHCHR - UN Human Rights Office
Women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to education, and the prohibition of discrimination The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) have both
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