Gaza: More than 38,000 women and girls killed between October 2023 and December 2025
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, according to UN Women. [...] Full text...
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” [...] Full text...
Libyan Parliamentary committee to examine bill on combating domestic violence
Benghazi , Libya (PANA) - As part of the efforts of the eastern-based Libyan House of Representatives to strengthen legal protection for Libyan families, the [...] Full text...
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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-The First Ladies of SWEDD+ countries will meet in Banjul from 8 -10 April for a high-level forum on Zero Tolerance for Gender-Based [...] Full text...
Women leaders unite to advance gender equality
New York, US (PANA) - The Secretary-General's commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognised at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty, [...] Full text...
'There are no safe places for women and girls in Sudan's Darfur'
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Women in Darfur, Sudan, are demanding protection, care and justice as sexual violencecontinues across the region, both in active conflict areas [...] Full text...
Funding cuts threaten progress on UN abuse safeguards
New York, US (PANA) - A sustained global effort is needed to tackle the root causes of sexual exploitation and abuse, the United Nations said [...] Full text...
Battle for women's rights intensifies at the UN (By UN News)
New York, US (PANA) - The consensus has shattered. For the first time in its history, the Commission on the Status of Women – an [...] Full text...
UN urges stronger action to end violence against women and girls
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has warned that violence against women and girls continues to be fuelled by war, [...] Full text...
‘You are the foundation-shakers’: UN chief tells women’s civil society groups
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Tuesday applauded civil society groups for “shaking the foundations of privilege” in a male-dominated world, addressing [...] Full text...
Gambian women’s rights activist named Bremen woman of the Year 2026 in Germany
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- A Gambian women’s rights activist based in Germany, Binta Bah, has been named Bremen Woman of the Year 2026 in recognition of her [...] Full text...
UN chief says justice for women and girls must be ‘cornerstone of the world we seek to build’
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday stressed that justice for women and girls must be “cornerstone of the world we [...] Full text...
Justice takes centre stage: UN welcomes world’s largest women’s rights even
New York, US (PANA) - Women have never been closer to equality and never closer to losing it, according to UN Women ahead of the [...] Full text...
Women’s representation in parliament sees sluggish gains
New York, US (PANA) - Women held 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide as the year began –a 0.3 per cent increase from 2025, [...] Full text...
'Full legal equality for women remains a dream'
New York, US (PANA) - Whether it is protections against gender-based violence or equal pay, women and girls continue to face inequalities before the law, [...] Full text...
A surgeon and feminist, she fights against female genital mutilation (By Kenza Cissé, UN News)
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To operate, to support, and to restore a part of their femininity that has been stolen from them: obstetric surgeon Sarah [...] Full text...
Women’s rights are regressing worldwide, warns UN gender equality chief
New York, US (PANA) - As an increase in conflicts leads to a significant spike in gender-based violence, women across the world face a “justice [...] Full text...
From Pelicot to Epstein, the global emergency of violence against women (By UN News)
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Whether it is the Pelicot case or the Epstein "files", violence against women has become a "global emergency", the UN human [...] Full text...
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half enforced globally – World Bank report
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Laws aimed at guaranteeing equal economic opportunities for women are on average only half enforced worldwide, with just 4 percent of [...] Full text...
UN rights commitee concerned about child marriage in Lesotho
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has expressed concern about child marriage that persists in Lesotho.This is [...] Full text...
Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women closes 92nd session
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Friday closed its 92nd session after adopting concluding observations regarding reports [...] Full text...
Women and girls in science: Dismantling barriers, closing gender gaps
New York, US (PANA) - Although women are more likely than young men to pursue higher education, they make up only 35 per cent of [...] Full text...
At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are “at the heart of every [...] Full text...
Libyan society preserves women's dignity and protects their rights, according to a Libyan Parliament official
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Rasmi Balrouin, has affirmed that violence against women, in all its forms, [...] Full text...
Worrying escalation of online violence against women human rights activists, journalists - Report
New York, US (PANA) - Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a critical point, affecting 7 out of 10 [...] Full text...
ECOWAS validates gender equality framework for women in clean energy
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), has concluded the regional workshop for the Validation of the Evaluation [...] Full text...
Top UN official in Libya reaffirms support for advancing rights of women and girls
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the UN Mision in Libya, Ms Hanna Tetteh, has reaffirm their support for advancing the rights of Libyan [...] Full text...
Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse
New York, US (PANA) - For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American actress Azie Tesfai’s phone from a man she’d never seen nor met.One day, [...] Full text...
Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Women in Gaza are ensuring their families’ survival “with nothing but courage and exhausted hands” while violence continues and essentials [...] Full text...
Despite ongoing discrimination, women entrepreneurs are reshaping the Global South, with crucial support from the UN (By Conor Lennon, UN News)
Riyadh, Sauri Arabia (PANA) - Exceptional women business leaders such as African engineer-turned-entrepreneur Norah Magero are demonstrating how lived experience and ingenuity, backed by United [...] Full text...
Silenced women in South Sudan now making their voices heard (By UN News)
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Reprimanded for wanting to go to school as a young girl, then ignored and despised as an adult, Awrelia, originally [...] Full text...
AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women (By Ana Carmo, UN News)
New York, US (PANA) - What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of [...] Full text...
Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Salma (not her real name) was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay [...] Full text...
Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth (By UN News)
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often a matter of survival. For women [...] Full text...
Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher
Geneva, Switzerland, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply being a woman there is [...] Full text...
Fight continues for dignity, education and sexuality of young girls around the world
New York, US (PANA) - The dignity of girls and their sexual health were at the heart of the International Day of the Girl Child [...] Full text...
UN mission in Libya to hold workshop targeting women journalists
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced the opening of registration for a workshop for Libyan journalists specialising [...] Full text...
Gender equality’s not just a goal – it’s a foundation for lasting peace (By UN News)
New York, US (PANA) - Twenty-five years ago, the international community agreed a new approach to women’s inclusion in peace processes in what came to [...] Full text...
Aid cuts shut down or suspend one in three women’s anti-violence programmes
New York, US (PANA) - Funding cuts are dismantling the frontline organisations working to end violence against women and girls, the UN’s gender equality agency [...] Full text...
Head of UN mission in Libya discusses youth employment with young women
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has joined 35 young women in a discussion on youth [...] Full text...
UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DRC
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises [...] Full text...
EU equality ministers call for stronger focus on prevention, early detection and intervention on violence against women
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Recognising the vital role that ordinary citizens can play in preventing abuse, the European Council has approved conclusions calling for greater [...] Full text...
South Africa represented at Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Minister in the Presidency Sindisiwe Chikunga is attending the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing. The meeting aims to [...] Full text...
Deputy UN chief pays tribute to Beijing’s key role in advancing women’s rights
Beijing, China (PANA) - UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital’s enduring association with the fight for women’s rights and gender equality, [...] Full text...
Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
New York, US (PANA) - Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young women from across the world [...] Full text...
Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
New York, US (PANA) - More women must have a role in shaping peace agreements, security reforms and post-conflict recovery plans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...
From Beijing's promises to Gaza's ruins: women facing war (By UN News)
New York, US (PANA) - At the UN on Monday, the scene was ritualistic: solemn speeches, alarming figures, calls to action. But behind the gravity [...] Full text...
Faced with avalanche of online violence against women, UN calls for response and protection
New York, US (PANA) - The internet has become a training ground for hatred against women through the "machosphere", the global ambassador for the Spotlight [...] Full text...
High-level week opens with celebration of women’s empowerment
New York, US (PANA) - Annalena Baerbock, only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history, has praised the [...] Full text...
30 years advancing gender equality: Achievements, setbacks, and the road ahead (By UN News)
New York, US (PANA) - In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world, [...] Full text...