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Geetanjali Misra, Executive Director of the feminist human rights organization CREA, March 2019.
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Media can shine a spotlight on women’s rights

15 March 2019
Interviews

Journalists can help advance women’s rights by moving from a “protectionist approach to a more human rights approach” in their reporting, according to gender equality advocate Geetanjali Misra.

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A high-level event on “Women in Power” was held in the General Assembly hall as part of the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 12 March 2019.
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Political power of women suffering ‘serious regression’, General Assembly President warns

12 March 2019
Women

There has been a “serious regression” in the political power of women across the world in recent years, UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the annual summit of women activists at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.