The United Nations is an enabler of Saudi Arabia’s oppression of women
Women have no rights in Saudi Arabia. As Rahaf puts it, in Saudi “a woman is a nullity.” It’s hard to overstate the level of ...
Local Girl Scouts represent at the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women
Local Girl Scouts attend the United Nation's 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women during Women's History ...
Confronting backlash against women’s rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality
The U.N.’s 193 member nations have made a commitment to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender ...
Council on Foreign Relations8h
Linda's InBox: Beijing+30: The Global Summit for Women’s Equality
Gathering to mark a historic anniversary in the fight for women’s equality, world leaders and activists find little to ...
Women's rights under attack and 'we must fight back', says UN chief
Women's rights are under attack and "we must fight back," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, ...
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...
International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know
Here is what to know about the March 8 global event: ...
U.N. calls for equality, 'feminist future' on International Women's Day
People worldwide celebrated International Women's Day Thursday, marking the occasion with a call for feminine equality under ...
Who Started International Women's Day? Origins of Holiday Explained
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. The observance dates back to the first International Women's Day in 1911 when over one million people across Europe protested for women's ...