Gender-Based Violence
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Afghanistan
UN Warns Afghan Women Are Being Excluded from the Country’s Future
DID Press: Sima Bahous, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, has said that women and girls in Afghanistan continue to be systematically excluded from public life and denied the opportunity to participate in shaping their country’s future.…
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Human Rights
Nine Women Found Dead in Johannesburg as Femicide Fears Grow
DID Press: The discovery of nine women’s bodies in and around eastern Johannesburg has sparked widespread concern among women, particularly runners, prompting some to change their exercise times and routes. South African police said the bodies of nine women were…
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Afghanistan
Int’l Bodies Urge Safe Health Access for Afghanistan Women
DID Press: On occasion of “Orange the World” marking the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence on November 25 — the European Union reaffirmed its support for health services in Afghanistan. The initiative aims to…
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