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women and girls

March 7, 2020

Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

The United Nations' Rome-based agencies dedicated to food and agriculture have called for bolder action to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls in the agricultural sector and beyond.
November 4, 2019

UNHCR troubled by latest US refugee resettlement cut

The US has decided to reduce substantially the number of refugees it will admit for resettlement in the United States over the coming year.
September 5, 2019

Three richest men in Africa have more wealth than the poorest 650 million people

Three African billionaires today have more wealth than the poorest 50 per cent of people across the continent, says a new Oxfam report.
July 17, 2019

Aid agencies call for urgent action as food crisis looms in Mozambique

Four months after two deadly cyclones swept through northern Mozambique, the food security situation is increasingly worsening.
June 15, 2019

New study finds no link between HIV infection and contraceptive methods

A large clinical research study conducted in four African countries found no significant difference in risk of HIV infection among women using one of three highly effective, reversible contraceptive methods.
May 25, 2019

Head of LWF World Service encourages closer cooperation at Caritas Internationalis General Assembly

Practical collaboration between Lutherans and Catholics is vital because it represents the visible consequence of ecumenical theological endeavours, says the head of the Lutheran World Federation World Service department.
April 12, 2019

Korean court orders abortion law reform in victory for women's rights

South Korea's Constitutional Court has ordered the government to decriminalise abortion in the country and reform its highly restrictive abortion laws by the end of 2020.
April 1, 2019

Churches called to 'break new ground' in gender justice

World Council of Churches representatives involved in the UN Commission on the Status of Women have called for churches to be active agents for justice in the lead-up to a critical UN review in 2020.
January 17, 2019

Upskirting to become a criminal offence

Women's Aid calls on the government to grant victims anonymity in all cases of image-based sexual abuse.
January 15, 2019

Survey shows gender most common cause of hate crime for women

The Fawcett Society has published new data showing that gender is the most common cause of hate crime for women. Campaigners have written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the National Police Chiefs Council Chair urging them to support making misogyny a hate crime.