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This Week @UN: The world still needs the UN; Iraq’s first feminist party; South Korea’s US-China dilemma; our tough UN quiz. Plus: Ukraine/Poland; Qatar; Nepal; Afghan women; Gaza. Please follow us on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. …
Iraq’s parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in November, and though the country has a new women-led political party, al-Mawadda — meaning, loosely, “affection” or “solidarity” in Arabic — it will not be contesting them officially. After more than …
Welcome back to our weekly summary after a pause in August. We’ve made changes to our headline and produced a more streamlined format for faster reading, though this issue is on the longish side. Let us know what you think. …
Women are underrepresented and misrepresented in the news globally, according to the Global Media Monitoring Project 2025 report. It revealed that only 1.8 percent of news coverage focuses on gender-based violence despite the prevalence of the problem among women, who …
In August, the United Nations Secretariat welcomed civil society’s suggestions on how to create more agile, effective UN peace operations as part of its commitment under the Pact for the Future. Our answer, as experts on women, peace and security, …
Over stock footage of an African city and people smiling, an American man’s calm voice says, “A stronger future begins with stronger families.” Posted to Instagram in June by the Mormon Church in West Africa, the video features images of …
When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, one of their earliest, most devastating acts was to remove all women judges from their positions. These courageous women, educated in their own country and possessing many years of experience …
SAINT-ÉTIENNE, France — As the grandson of Lucien Neuwirth, the French parliamentarian who championed the 1967 law legalizing contraception in France, I feel a deep, personal and civic responsibility to speak out against an unfolding international scandal — one that …
This Week @UN: Delaying gaps in crime of aggression; a UN project the US didn’t defund; humanitarians want crisis planning. Plus: South Sudan airdrops; Afghanistan apartheid; fuel for Gaza; US sanctions; 2-state solution session; Russia-UN MoU dies. Thanks for sharing …
Advocates for gender equality and global financial reforms from around the world were disappointed with the Financing for Development pronouncement even before the United Nations international forum started this week in Seville, Spain. Fueled by a feeling that they were …
This Week @UN: US bombs Iran; Guterres promotes fellow Portuguese; reformed multilateralism; US travel ban effects @UN; progressive global drug policy. Plus: Haiti’s staggering rape numbers; Israeli-Iranian ceasefire; Gaza killing fields; UN Charter Day with Stephen Schlesinger. Follow us daily …
This Week @UN: Budget cuts hit Human Rights Council; French-Saudi 2-state solution debate: dead or alive?; massive UN housing project failure in Kenya; strategizing UN reform. Plus: Nigeria; Gaza; Israel-Iran; sexual violence in wars; refugees’ big day. Please follow us …
In war-torn zones like Sudan, pregnant women are facing the devastating consequences of having no United Nations-supported midwives available because of severe funding cuts to the organization’s sexual and reproductive health agency, the UN Population Fund, or UNFPA. The New …
When United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a post on X that he had “proudly ENDED” the Women, Peace and Security Act of 2017 by his department, he sparked immediate backlash from women’s rights advocates worldwide. Indeed, …
This Week @UN: Greece backs woman SecGen; FGM out of US shadow; saving the UN; Bolivia’s SG candidate; Mike Waltz’s UN arrival; Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Plus: India/Pakistan fight; Gaza squeeze; Pope Leo XIV; Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica; UN80 goes …
