World’s largest conference on women calls for equality amid gender backlash

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Confronting backlash against women’s rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality

The U.N.’s 193 member nations have made a commitment to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender equality.

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Confronting backlash against women's rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality - Seymour Tribune

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Confronting a rising backlash against women’s rights, the U.N.’s 193 member nations made a commitment Monday to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender equality. A political declaration adopted at the start of the annual meeting of the U.N.’s preeminent body promoting equality for women and girls recognizes that men and boys must be “strategic partners and allies” to achieve the goal. The declaration…

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Pakistan committed to women’s rights, gender equality

This screengrab taken on March 10, 2025, shows a Seminar on International Women’s Day organised by SDPI. — Facebook@sdpipakistanIslamabad:Dr Shafqat Munir Ahmed, Deputy Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, has said that Pakistan is an active participant in...

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World’s largest conference on women calls for equality amid gender backlash

Gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global backlash, top UN officials told thousands of diplomats, business and civil society delegates gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday for the world’s largest annual conference focused on women’s issues.

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A joint report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women reveals the very slow pace of progress in increasing women's participation in politics, a field that has been dominated by men for centuries. How does Poland compare to this? It is better than in many other countries, but the data is not encouraging.

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The work of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations (CSW69) began on March 11 and will continue until the 21st, under the presidency of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasil.