Gender

Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President (UN News)

Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as President of the General Assembly, where all 193...

The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media (UN News)

Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of media coverage, according to the latest UN-backed Global Media...

Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime (Heather Barr, Macarena Saez and Stacey-Leigh Manuel – Just Security)

United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January 2026...

Reflecting on 25 years of UNSC Resolution 1325 (Susan Hutchinson – The Strategist)

The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda suffers from an ongoing burden: the need for less talk and more action. Invariably, several...

Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion (UN News)

In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in...

Tackling corruption in Asia requires challenging gender norms (Caryn Peiffer – East Asia Forum)

Research across Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia and Sri Lanka highlights how gender norms perpetuate corruption against women. Sexual exploitation thrives in environments where officials objectify...

US Defense Secretary cancels Women, Peace and Security programs (Susan Hutchinson – The Strategist)

Last week, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the cancellation of his department’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program. In doing so, he...

Making Climate Action Count: Gender in the Mainstream of Urban Climate Strategies (Observer Research Foundation)

India’s cities are at the epicentre of rapid urbanisation and intensifying climate risks. Urban climate impacts are escalating, straining already inadequate infrastructure and deepening...

Generazione Z: le giovani donne sono progressiste, i coetanei maschi sono conservatori

(Maria Eva Pedrerol) Le donne più giovani sono più progressiste dei loro coetanei maschi che sono invece più conservatori. Fino agli anni ottanta del secolo...
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