6 天之前 · 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.

Afghan women wait to receive financial assistance from the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Kohsan district, Herat province, September 25, 2024.

Violence against women and girls, including high femicide rates, remain prevalent in Kenya. Approximately 13 women and girls are murdered each week and 130 cases of sexual violence are reported ...

Women’s and Girls’ Rights Women in Qatar are subjected to male guardianship laws that discriminate against and undermine women’s right to make autonomous decisions about marriage, divorce ...

2024年7月3日 · 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 ...

In February, women’s rights activist Li Qiaochu was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for speaking out on detention conditions faced by her partner and fellow activist Xu Zhiyong. She was ...

Violence against women and girls — including rape, murder, acid attacks, domestic violence, denial of education, sexual harassment at work, and child and forced marriage — is a serious problem ...

Human Rights Watch documented cases where women remained confined in detention for more than 10 years. Jordanian women married to non-Jordanians cannot legally pass on their nationality to their ...

Women’s Rights. At least 15 women were killed by intimate partners in the first six months of 2024. Rallies calling for an end to gender-based violence were held across Australia.

Overview. The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life" (1).