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Women’s Leadership in Promoting Global Health and …

(Just Now) WebAccording to a recent report released by UN-Women in July 2019, “Only 24.3 per cent of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019, a slow increase from 11.3 …

https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/women%E2%80%99s-leadership-promoting-global-health-and-well-being

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COVID-19 has exposed endemic gender inequality, …

(4 days ago) WebThe COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on women and girls, and the fallout has shown how deeply gender inequality remains embedded in the …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1087392

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Report on the UN Women Global Response to COVID …

(1 days ago) Webby UN Women about the gender dimensions of the crisis and the response needed among key audiences. From March 2020 onwards, over 5,000 earned media articles mentioned …

https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/Library/Publications/2021/Report-on-the-UN-Women-global-response-to-COVID-19-en.pdf

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UN Women Explainer: How COVID-19 impacts women …

(4 days ago) WebWomen's health. Hand hygiene and sanitation is a critical element in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Yet, 3 billion people, or 40 per cent of the world’s …

https://interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/explainer/covid19/en/index.html

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Staggering backsliding across women’s, children’s and …

(2 days ago) WebA new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change …

https://www.who.int/news/item/18-10-2022-staggering-backsliding-across-women-s--children-s-and-adolescents--health-revealed-in-new-un-analysis

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Ensure reproductive health rights for all on World …

(4 days ago) Web11 July 2021 Health. Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. In his …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/07/1095652

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COVID-19 and gender data resources UN Women Data …

(2 days ago) WebSurvey. UN Women has conducted rapid gender assessment (RGA) surveys to quickly capture the gendered consequences of COVID-19. The findings from nearly 100,000 …

https://data.unwomen.org/COVID19

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In focus: Women and the Sustainable Development - Welcome

(8 days ago) WebTargets. By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care …

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-3-good-health-well-being

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COVID-19 Priority Area: Health Services UN Women – …

(3 days ago) WebSupporting the youth-led HerStory initiative, which established a task force to ensure easier access to clear and accurate information on COVID-19 across the Arab States . Women …

https://www.unwomen.org/en/hq-complex-page/covid-19-rebuilding-for-resilience/health-services

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UN Women Highlights 2021–2022 UN Women – Headquarters

(5 days ago) WebGlobally in 2021, UN Women worked with 1,241 local women's organizations and groups to steer humanitarian planning and services to reach crisis-affected women and girls. In 91 countries, gender equality provisions now feature in …

https://www.unwomen.org/en/annual-report/2022

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Hundreds of millions of women living lives ‘governed by …

(4 days ago) WebHundreds of millions of women living lives ‘governed by others’, UN report shows. According to a 2021 UNFPA report, nearly half of all women are denied their …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/04/1089702

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Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women’s …

(7 days ago) WebMapped. The map below displays 130 studies that investigate how the health of men and women is affected by impacts associated with climate change. These impacts include …

https://wrd.unwomen.org/explore/insights/mapped-how-climate-change-disproportionately-affects-womens-health

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Press release: New UN Women data confirms violence against …

(7 days ago) WebThe new UN Women report, “Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19”, based on survey data from 13 countries [], shows …

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2021/11/press-release-new-un-women-data-confirms-violence-against-women-has-worsened-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic

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Statement: Reproductive rights are women’s rights and human …

(2 days ago) WebStatement: Reproductive rights are women’s rights and human rights. 24 June 2022. Reproductive rights are integral to women’s rights, a fact that is upheld by …

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/statement/2022/06/statement-reproductive-rights-are-womens-rights-and-human-rights

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54 million women and youth face staggering humanitarian …

(4 days ago) WebAs COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact women and girls hit by multiple humanitarian crises, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency appealed …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079482

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A broader vision for women's health - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WebAt the 2023 Women Deliver Conference on July 17, an event that seeks to champion gender equality, the UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, said “Our …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01570-2/fulltext

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Doing gender better: can the UN step up? - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WebGender inequality and gender norms impede progress on the global goal to achieve health for all. The Lancet's 2019 theme issue on advancing women in science, …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)30988-2/fulltext

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The Chronicle Library Shelf: Women's Global Health and Human …

(1 days ago) WebWomen's Global Health and Human Rights. Edited by Padmini Murthy and Clyde Lanford Smith. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Massachusetts, 2010. pp. 556, $72.95. Reviewed …

https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/chronicle-library-shelf-womens-global-health-and-human-rights

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Ten top issues for women's health - World Health Organization …

(3 days ago) WebDepression is the most common mental health problem for women and suicide a leading cause of death for women under 60. Helping sensitise women to mental health issues, and giving them the confidence to seek assistance, is vital. Noncommunicable diseases: In 2012, some 4.7 million women died from …

https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/ten-top-issues-for-women's-health

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A global survey on women's health and well-being - The World …

(2 days ago) WebBetter health coverage and more investment in women. Women from 14 countries - eight in Africa, four in Asia, and one each in Europe and the Americas – were each asked what they wanted for their health and well-being by a worldwide team of trained locals, or “mobilizers”, who gathered their responses. The anonymous results were then

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/11/women-health-wellbeing-white-ribbon-survey/

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Gender, health and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

(3 days ago) WebSDG: sustainable development goal; UN: United Nations; WHO: World Health Organization; WHO-Europe: World Health Organization Regional Office for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6154065/

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Peace or war, midwives keep delivering UN News

(4 days ago) WebAcute deficit. There is a severe shortage of around a million midwives globally. Challenging working conditions, gender discrimination contributing to low wages …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149361

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Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues

(5 days ago) WebDirectory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues. Women have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. The …

https://www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/women_and_health_3003.htm

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Framework for human rights approach to women’s health

(9 days ago) WebFramework for a human rights approach to women s health - the work of the CEDAW Committee. I. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women some basic premises

https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/hrights.htm

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Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

(3 days ago) WebGirls' and women's health is in transition and, although some aspects of it have improved substantially in the past few decades, there are still important unmet needs. Population …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60497-4/fulltext

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CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24: Article 12 of the …

(5 days ago) Websurrounding women’s health, the present general recommendation seeks to elaborate the Committee’s understanding of article 12 and to address measures to eliminate discrimination in order to realize the right of women to the highest attainable standard of health. 3. Recent United Nations world conferences have also considered these …

https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/Health/GR24.pdf

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It’s time to expand the definition of ‘women’s health’ - Nature

(Just Now) WebThe age at which women experience menopause varies widely — with a range in healthy women of about 20 years — and fertility can decline drastically as much …

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02085-6

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Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

(5 days ago) Webhealth system, and their eff ects on women and health. The health status of girls and women is analysed using a life-course approach to show the breadth of women’s health …

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(15)60497-4.pdf

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Women's Health - Harvard Health

(1 days ago) WebWomen's Health. Women have many unique health concerns — menstrual cycles, pregnancy, birth control, menopause — and that's just the beginning. A number of health issues affect only women and others are more common in women. What's more, men and women may have the same condition, but different symptoms. Many diseases affect …

https://www.health.harvard.edu/topics/womens-health

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Why U.N. lowered Gaza death toll for women and children : NPR

(5 days ago) WebThe U.N. humanitarian agency, citing Gaza's Health Ministry, says 7,797 children and 4,959 women were killed in Gaza as of April 30. Those figures, however, …

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children

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