Displaced and stateless women and girls face heightened risk of violence amid coronavirus pandemic

Apr 21, 2020, at 11:29 am

New York/IBNS: As COVID-19 continues to take lives and change communities around the world, the virus is also creating massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, a top official at the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, stressing that global protection staff are on high alert and adapting life-saving support programmes for those subjected to violence.

Yet another Hindu girl abducted, converted and married to Muslim man in Pakistan

Jan 27, 2020, at 04:12 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: In yet another incident in Pakistan, a Hindu woman was abducted, converted and then married to a Muslim man in the country's Matiari district in Sindh province, media reports said on Monday.

Day of the Girl Child spotlights 25 years of progress, with more on the horizon

Oct 12, 2019, at 07:38 am

New York: The world’s one billion young girls, are being celebrated on Friday as an “unscripted and unstoppable” force for change, with 11 October designated each year the International Day of the Girl Child.  

Investing in rural women and girls, ‘essential’ for everyone’s future: UN chief

Oct 16, 2018, at 09:24 am

New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): Marking International Day of Rural Women, on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on countries to ensure that women and girls living in rural areas can enioy their human rights as this would enable making “progress for all”.