UN Commission on the Status of Women

Afghan parliament members attend a meeting on women in decision-making positions. (file)
UN Women/ Nangyalai Tanai

Women must be ‘front and centre’ of pandemic recovery, UN chief says

16 March 2021
Women

Women need to be “front and centre” of the pandemic recovery as a matter of economics, efficiency, effectiveness and social resilience, the UN chief told the women’s commission on Tuesday. 

Lakshmi Puri.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

UN Gender Focus: gender equality, Somalia and youth

2 February 2017
UN Gender Focus

Women should be able to “leapfrog” into evolving world of work

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Khalida Popal. UN Radio Photo/Jocelyne Sambira

Soccer gives a voice to Afghan female athletes

18 March 2016
General News

Soccer is being used as a platform to talk about women’s issues in a male-dominated society, an Afghan female athlete has said.

Khalida Popal, a former captain and founding member of the country’s first women’s national soccer team, fled in 2011 after receiving death threats.

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Young African women. File
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa

Young African women at UN to share, learn and lead

18 March 2016
General News

A Ghana-based initiative is helping young African women to transform their continent.

Since 2009, the Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa has been supporting future politicians, activists and entrepreneurs to bring about positive change and development.

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