The National Conference of State Legislatures seminar, “Improving Women’s Health: Opportunities and Challenges of Health Reform,” was held in November 2011 at the NCSL Fall Forum. The seminar, which featured speakers who covered a range of topics, concluded with a discussion among state legislators and legislative staff about women’s healthRead More

UN-Women is the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN-Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.Read More

The Beijing Platform for Action reiterates the agreements reached at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)1, in particular with regard to women’s reproductive health and rights, and added new commitments addressing the right of women to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual...Read More

Kalpoorgan is one of that fascinating villages of Sistan and Baloochestan province in southeast of Iran and has recently been nominated as the first handicraft village in the world.Read More

Presence of different cultures in Iran has led to a great diversity of Persian handicrafts. They tell a lot about the creativity and aesthetic taste of different communities.Read More

• It is estimated that 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner (not including sexual harassment) at some point in their lives. However, some national studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence...Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new visibility and profile to the essential roles that women play in our social, political and economic systems, from frontline healthcare workers, trusted leaders, to household masterminds.Read More

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The rights of the biological mother are usually upheld in court. For most of the twentieth century, biological mothers were automatically awarded custody based on the fact that children should be with them. This is changing somewhat, but for the most part it still holds true. A biological mother has the right to have custody...Read More

UNWTO has joined forces with UN Women, the German Development Agency GIZ, World Bank and Amadeus to produce the “Global Report on Women in Tourism, second edition”. The report compiles the latest statistical data and in-depth examples of good practice to illustrate the contribution tourism is making towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 -...Read More