The world has seen significant progress over the years, but there is one area that still leaves much to be desired: women’s education. Across the globe, women continue to suffer from extreme examples of patriarchal societies that keep them from receiving the same access to education as their male counterparts.Read More
Education is one of the most critical areas of empowerment for women, as both the Cairo and Beijing conferences affirmed. It is also an area that offers some of the clearest examples of discrimination women suffer. Among children not attending school there are twice as many girls as boys, and among illiterate adults there are...Read More
Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and practices, poor infrastructure, violence and fragility. Girls’ education is a strategic development priority for the World Bank.Read More
Women’s economic empowerment has gained increasing attention within the global development agenda in recent years, bolstered by the adoption of a range of relevant targets within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Yet the specific experiences of older women often remain underexplored and unrecognised, leaving them invisible to policy-makers. This research aims to redress...Read More
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
Seven-year-old Francesca [NAME CHANGED], receives a medical screening from Doctor Antonella Tochiaro in an informal settlement where she lives in Rome, Italy. Doctor Tochiaro is part of the INTERSOS/UNICEF outreach team.Read More
Joint statement by UN Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesRead More
At the time of the First World War, most women were barred from voting or serving in military combat roles. Many saw the war as an opportunity to not only serve their countries but to gain more rights and independence. With millions of men away from home, women filled manufacturing and agricultural positions on the...Read More
