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Bookmark or Share- OHCHR and women’s human rights and gender equalityGender equality is at the very heart of human rights and United Nations values. Equality and non-discrimination are fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter, adopted by world leaders in 1945. Yet millions of women and LGBTI persons around the world continue to experience discrimination in the enjoyment of civil, cultural, economic ...
- The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s RightsThe Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights. In the last two and a half years after regaining power in Afghanistan, the Taliban, have created the world’s most serious women’s ...
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights | OHCHR - UN Human Rights OfficeWomen’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to education, and the prohibition of discrimination. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) have both ...
- The Fight for Women’s Rights is a Fight Against AuthoritarianismThe Green Wave is a call to action in favor of human rights. In a sense, the growing worldwide movement is circular. The fight for women’s rights in functioning democracies connects with the ...
- US: Abortion Access is a Human Right | Human Rights WatchQ&A: Access to Abortion is a Human Right. “Guaranteeing access to abortion is not only a public health imperative, it is a human rights imperative as well,” said Macarena Sáez, women’s ...
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