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Millions of people around the world planned to demonstrate, attend conferences and enjoy artistic events Wednesday to mark International Women's Day, an annual observance established to recognize ...
A landmark mass rape trial in France has exposed abuse orchestrated by the victim's husband, and a culture that many activists say is sexist, tolerant of violence toward women and resistant to change.
The college enrolled more women than men in 2010 for the first time in its history and in 2014 graduated more women than men in engineering. Today, women make up 52.8% of majors in computer ...
The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134). [1] The premise of the day is to raise awareness around the world that women are subjected to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the ...
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
In 2019 the multi-year theme of Ending Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work was launched to support ratification of ILO C190. [28] 2020 continued the ILO C190 multi-year theme of Ending GBV in the World of Work with a special focus on informal women workers who were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [29]
Women and Human Rights 1999 World Free of Violence Against Women 2000 Women Uniting for Peace 2001 Women and Peace: Women Managing Conflicts 2002 Afghan Women Today: Realities and Opportunities 2003 Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals: 2004 Women and HIV/AIDS: 2005 Gender Equality Beyond 2005; Building a More Secure Future 2006
Saturday’s bout was the latest chapter in the Olympics’ latest culture war, one that erupted immediately after Khelif’s first bout of the Games. On Thursday, Italy's Angela Carini took two ...