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Isha Dyfan, UNAMID Human Rights Section Chief, speaking with Setyo Budi in UNAMID Radio studio in El Fasher, Darfur.
Mohammad Mahady/UNAMID

Legal definition of sexual violence, an imperative for Sudan

27 November 2017
Interviews

With a 16-day global campaign in full swing to end violence against women and girls, transforming the human rights situation in Sudan's turbulent Darfur region, requires clear and distinctive definitions of sexual violence and adultery.

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A woman stands in a shelter for girls and women who have endured sexual and gender-based violence, in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
UNICEF/Kate Holt

No man will reach full potential unless women reach theirs, UN says on Day of Eliminating Violence

25 November 2017
Human Rights

Unless the international community tackles violence against women, the world will not eradicate poverty or reach any of the other Sustainable Development Goals, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message today for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed and Nelson Mandela Foundation Trustee Tokyo Sexwale at Robben Island on 25 November 2017.
Courtesy of Obed Zilwa/Nelson Mandela Foundation

'Long walk to freedom' unfinished for women, girls – Deputy Secretary-General says in Mandela lecture

25 November 2017
Human Rights

Reflecting on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for investment in women and girls, decrying gender inequality as perhaps the most pervasive disparity around the world.

EU-UN Spotlight Initiative for the elimination of violence against women and girls. The event was held on the margins of the General Assembly's annual general debate.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Involving men plays crucial role for women’s empowerment, says activist

22 November 2017
Interviews

Men should be playing a more active role in empowering women, and helping to end the scourge of gender-based violence.

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on 26 October 2017, at a press briefing at UN Headquarters in NY.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton

Death penalty in Iran applied “for all kinds of crimes”: UN expert

7 November 2017
Interviews

The death penalty is applied for many different crimes in Iran, but no official figures are released for who is on death row, or what they are accused of.

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Participants at the WEIF plenary panel discussion on women in industry.
UN News/Vibhu Mishra

Women entrepreneurs need opportunities, not handouts

1 November 2017
Interviews

When it comes to growing their businesses, women entrepreneurs are looking for opportunities, not “waiting for handouts,” according to an official with the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

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Director General of Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, Kristin Skogen Lund, speaks at UN headquarters in New York.
UN Women/Ryan Brown

UN Gender Focus: parental leave in Norway, space for women, women’s economic empowerment in Ghana

12 October 2017
UN Gender Focus

Parental leave is smart for the economy and helps change minds

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Assistant Inspector of Police Annah Chota (center left) meeting women in Abyei.
UNPOL/UNISFA/Mthokozisi Makeka

Legal vacuum “an obstacle" to gender equality: Peacekeeper

10 October 2017
General News

An absence of laws is an “obstacle to advancing gender equality” because it doesn’t give women the support they need to report cases of gender based violence.

That was the reality confronting Assistant Inspector of Police Annah Chota when she got to Abyei, Sudan, to take up her post.

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Nyagoa Nyuon, speaking to Radio Miraya about her Catwalk to Freedom initiative.
Machrine Birungi/Radio Miraya (UNMISS)

Catwalk to Freedom helps South Sudanese girls model full potential

5 October 2017
General News

If girls are given the opportunity to explore their “full potential”, there would be many fewer child marriages across South Sudan.

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Nobel Laureate and UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai sits down for an interview with UN News during the high-level session of the General Assembly.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

INTERVIEW: In fighting for girls’ education, UN advocate Malala Yousafzai finds her purpose

5 October 2017
Culture and Education

In September, the Malala Fund started the Gulmakai Network to support the work of education champions in developing countries and speed up progress towards girls’ secondary education around the world.

The 20-year-old, who will be attending Oxford University, spoke to UN News about the need to increase investment in education, the importance of allowing girls to be who they want to be, and when it was that she discovered the power of her own voice and the purpose for her life.