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Women parliamentarians of the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga or “House of the People”) arrive at their inauguration ceremony in Kabul (2001).

Amid COVID-19 constraints, UN women’s commission meets to push gender equality forward

9 March 2020
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Civil Society Representatives Mary Fatiya (South Sudan) and Muniba Mazari (Pakistan) address the Commission on the Status of Women held in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters.

Annual UN women activists’ summit opens with focus on services, infrastructure

11 March 2019
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UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman speaks at the UN Trust Fund fundraising luncheon.

‘Global sisterhood’ tells perpetrators ‘time is up’ for pandemic of violence

11 December 2018
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Young women in Sharak e Muhajireen village in Nili district of the Daikundi province in Afghanistan, 2018.

Women ‘vital’ to peace efforts and ensuring long-lasting stability in Afghanistan

4 December 2018
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Inside an Afghan radio studio, where women’s voices call for democracy and human rights.

Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence

2 May 2018
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UN-supported bicycle ride to help stop violence against women in Mazar-i-Sharif.

FEATURE: Seizing on global trend, Afghan women reporters empower voices against violence

7 December 2017
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Lisa Buttenheim, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

“It’s so valuable to have women on the ground, whether as a civilian or in a uniformed position” – Lisa Buttenheim

28 October 2015
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