New York, US (PANA) - While progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, critical gender gaps remain in all [...] Full text...
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Women are leading more central banks than ever before, thanks to appointments in the past year, but recent gains [...] Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - This year, we witnessed the birth of a movement in Kigali, Rwanda: the Women in Energy Network Africa (WEN-Africa).aiming to increase [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Deputy Secretary-General has called for stronger efforts in women’s empowerment, gender equality, and climate action in remarks to [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Wednesday warned of the consequences for protection of women and their rights in conflict zones, amid [...] Full text...
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - On the day we celebrate African Women, Natália Yange guides us in an in-depth reflection on the achievements and challenges faced [...] Full text...
Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - The men talked about how, as boys, gender stereotypes meant they got special treatment compared to their sisters but they also [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear “the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Five senior UN officials have welcomed the decision by The Gambia to uphold its ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), [...] Full text...
Hawassa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On a recent Thursday afternoon, Jalene’s small coffee shop and roastery in Hawassa, Ethiopia, was enveloped in the smoke and scents [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, on Friday declared that it’s time to eliminate laws and practices that contribute to [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Prostitution must be urgently recognised as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s independent human rights expert countering violence against women and girls called on Friday for prostitution to be recognised unambiguously [...] Full text...
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - One key piece of the puzzle in accelerating progress towards gender equality in Tanzania is having the same legal rights for [...] Full text...
London, UK (PANA) - Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime under international law in order to strengthen efforts to combat institutionalised regimes of [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of some girls across national borders [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world has closed 68.5% of the gender gap, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2024, published on Wednesday.
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty participants in the "Leaders Programme" of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) have received their diplomas through campaigns [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Equality, freedom and justice must apply to everyone regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity, a European [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, the challenges to gender equality are complex and daunting. Only 28% of women over 15-years old are literate, and [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted the first-ever law to combat violence against women, giving the green light to an EU directive [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group Human Rights Watch said here Saturday that a bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a groundbreaking 2015 ban on female [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A roundtable organized by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for women to be more involved in [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most countries’ statistics [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and [...] Full text...
Cotonou, Benin ( PANA) - Benin's economic capital Cotonou will host the first International Summit of the Global Network of Women Who Make a Difference [...] Full text...
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Women's Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Houria Khalifa al-Tarmal, chaired for the first time [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Around the world women’s rights are under attack, and governments must act to reverse that dangerous trend, the UN chief [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are under threat, citing a reversal [...] Full text...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood to adolescence, adulthood, and even [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary General Representative in Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said here Friday that the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by [...] Full text...
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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global gender gap for women in [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its devastating impacts, the UN agency championing [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern over attempts to repeal the law that prohibits Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) [...] Full text...
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Malagasy women and girls face multiple disadvantages that affect their ability to accumulate human capital in education and health, participate in [...] Full text...
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - It’s important to celebrate – there are reasons to celebrate. We should take this positive energy to take on the many [...] Full text...
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – One hundred and fourteen million people are forcibly displaced from their homes across the world, with most of them displaced within [...] Full text...
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Many adolescent girls and women in Mozambique, who are pregnant or parenting, drop out of school because they face huge barriers [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Failure to educate girls costs approximately $15 to $30 trillion in lifetime earnings for 12 years of missed education. [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that gender equality in science is essential to building a better future for all.
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New York, US (PANA) - Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday, appealing for [...] Full text...
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Economic Forum report released Wednesday shows that closing the women’s health gap will allow more women to live [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdulhamid al Dbaiba Wednesday stressed the need to empower women in all [...] Full text...
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A statement by a young woman in Luanda, Angola echoes an experience faced by countless others: “A woman has to earn [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive global health crisis; one in three women worldwide experience GBV in their lifetime [...] Full text...