In a statement on Monday, the UN Women said that 140 women and girls die daily in the hands of their partners or close relatives.
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In a new figure released on Monday, it said women should be put first as many countries head to the polls in 2024.
Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women has said that sharing and amplifying examples of positive practices from one country…
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women internationally, UN Women, is launching the Unstereotype Alliance in partnership with X3M Ideas as a thought and action platform that serves to unite the influence of the advertising, media, and marketing community as a force for transformative change.
According to a statement on Friday in Abuja by Mercedes Alfa, UN Women Media Officer, the fund was presented to the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, by Comfort Lamptey, Country Representative to Nigeria/ECOWAS.
The statement, issued during the World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Rio de Janeiro, stressed that such tests were both unscientific and a violation of human rights.
The UN Women, on the occasion of the 2018 International Widows’ Day, celebrated on June 23, said there were estimated 258 million widows globally.