UN Women

• Calgary pledges to make city safer for women by joining United Nations initiative

  The initiative includes women-led research, policies developed my women's rights organizations and urban planning centred around experiences from marginalized women.

  Canada

  May 8, 2023
  
• UN tells Afghan staff to stay home amid expected Taliban ban on women workers

  U.N. officials in Afghanistan "received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members" from working, a U.N. spokesperson said.

  World

  Apr 4, 2023
  
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• New UN campaign seeks to bring younger generation into fight for gender equality

  The U.N. women's agency launched a campaign Monday to bring a young generation of women and men into the campaign for gender equality.

  World

  May 6, 2019
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• Munawar’s Story: Afghanistan’s shackled women

  Munawar is one of 44 women and 17 children living in a shelter, the first of its kind in a country where women once had no place to go.

  World

  Dec 13, 2015