Listen to our Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda highlight the critical need for financing #GenderEquality and #WomensEmpowerment at #FFD4. It’s time the global financial system works for half the world’s population.

It was difficult to miss the news on Jan 24, 2024, citing the number of reported rapes, (519,981) that occurred in the US 18 months post the #SupremeCourt overturned #RoeVWade, and the number of #women who were #impregnated (64,565), as published in #JAMA womensenews.org/2025/06/from-t…

Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the #funding needed to achieve #gender #equality, United Nations #Women estimates. This gap means that programmes and services for #women and #girls are chronically underfunded. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

#Segregation does not make going outside any #safer or more #comfortable for #women – it only reinforces the idea that the #public sphere belongs to #men. theguardian.com/global-develop…

As returns of #Afghan #refugees and those living in refugee-like conditions from #Iran and #Pakistan increase – many forcibly – #women and #girls are arriving in a country where their rights, #safety, and futures face severe #threats. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

Between 2018 and 2022, the number of #fertility #treatments carried out in the country rose nearly 50% to 200,000. Last year, one in six #babies in Seoul were born with the help of fertility treatment. bbc.com/news/articles/…

"All the #women I support are #homeless, they also have complex needs regarding #mental #health, #substance #misuse, family breakdowns, they might be facing violence from a partner or another individual," said Dani Brown. bbc.com/news/articles/…

In the aftermath of #grant #cuts from the #NEA and its consequent trickle down to other arts organizations along with more recent cuts to #Medicaid coverage there is more reason than ever to support and endorse the #arts for #mental #health treatment. womensenews.org/2025/07/healin…

In #Gaza, #illness, #poverty, mass #displacement and depleted services are leading to soaring #stress levels and causing a rise in #domestic #violence, #sexual #exploitation and #abuse, according to the UNFPA. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

India's #women just won their first #T20 series on English soil. With a home #WorldCup looming and the booming Women's Premier League (#WPL), the #sport is set to reach new heights. bbc.com/sport/cricket/…

A new report from London's #victims' #commissioner found "huge numbers" were #abandoning the #justice process before their #case reaches #court. bbc.com/news/articles/…

According to #polls conducted by #FoxNews, the proportion of #women who approve of the job #DonaldTrump is doing as #president has #declined from net -16 in June to net -21 in July. newsweek.com/donald-trump-a…

Even before the #Taliban took power in August 2021, #Afghanistan ranked among the lowest countries in the world for #gender #equality. But there had been hard-won gains. Now, those gains have been erased. UN Women unwomen.org/en/news-storie…

As #LenaDunham’s new #show reminds us, whether they’re at work or on a date, #women are #expected to tone it down if they want to get on. What if they refuse to play ball? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Five #female #activists talk about their lives since #SheikhHasina was ousted – and how the country can #secure lasting change for #women’s #rights. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Now that #COVID19 protections have been removed, #social #barriers for #disabled and high-risk people have grown. womensenews.org/2025/08/how-ma…

#GretchenCarlson is determined to keep #survivors firmly at the centre of the public debate around the late #sex #trafficker. theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

New evidence suggests #mistreatment remains common in #maternal and #newborn #care, with new #research across four countries finding that 60 per cent of vaginal exams were done without consent, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

The #international #community must provide greater #support to #Afghan #women and #girl returnees from Iran and Pakistan who face increased #risk of #impoverishment, early marriage and growing #threats to their #rights and #safety. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

#Sexual #violence in #conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year, the United Nations reported. More than 4,600 #survivors endured abuses used as weapons of #war, #torture, #terrorism and #political #repression. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…