Towards Equality
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‘We must also show normal women who do great things’
In conversation: Melinda French Gates, philanthropist, businesswoman and global advocate for women and girls and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, prize-winning author and named one of…
Kenyan women are crushing stones — and stereotypes
Crushing stones is seen as ‘men’s work’. But an all-women gravel-making group in Sarwat Village is turning both stones and stereotypes into ashes
Life-saving free train travel offered to domestic abuse victims in the UK
A pioneering railway scheme in the UK is helping domestic violence victims to escape their abusers by providing them with free travel to reach refuge
Facts and figures: Global domestic violence numbers
“Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, in a…
Facts and figures: The proportion of women legislators worldwide
Twenty-six years after the Beijing Declaration, which set the target for reaching gender balance in political decision-making, women are still underrepresented across all levels…