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The State of Women’s Rights - Human Rights Watch
From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. But despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and victories ...
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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 ...
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https://www.who.int/news/item/19-11-2025-lifetime-…
Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence
Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners.
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https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2025/08/womens-in…
Women’s incarceration rooted in gender inequality and violence
A UN Human Rights report highlights widespread gender-based violence, poor health provisions, and discriminatory legal systems disproportionately affecting women and girls in criminal justice detention worldwide.
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World Report 2025: Jordan | Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch documented cases where women remained confined in detention for more than 10 years.
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https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/03/mo…
“More than a human can bear”: Israel's 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.
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Gender and health
Gender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity, and achieve health for all.
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against ...
Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, social, economic and cultural life of their countries, hampers the growth of the prosperity of society and the family and makes more ...
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https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2025/06/dismantli…
Dismantling barriers to women's leadership in building peace
All over the world, women are building peace in their communities — often behind the scenes. Dismantling discrimination and barriers to a meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding is key to lasting solutions.
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Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.