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• 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

The debate on the participation and role of women in foreign affairs and international security is a timely and relevant one, and is being raised with increasing frequency at both national and international levels. In particular, there is growing attention to the imbalances in the representation of women in leadership and other key positions in...Read More

Women’s right to health is a human right that has been guaranteed through international agreements.1 It includes the right to protection against second-hand smoke in the work environment and in the home; equal access to health services, including quitting and counselling programmes; protection against misleading health messages such as “light” and “mild”; and the right...Read More

The Lowy Institute is an independent policy think tank. Its mandate ranges across all the dimensions of international policy debate in Australia — economic, political and strategic — and it is not limited to a particular geographic region.Read More

Contributions of the Platform of independent expert mechanisms on the elimination of discrimination and violence against women (EDVAW Platform) towards its implementationRead More