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

Annual conference at UN defends women's rights

On the opening day on Monday, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warned that women’s rights are currently ‘under siege’ before thousands of diplomats, business and civil society delegates gathered at the headquarters of the multinational organization. She called for prioritizing investments in education, the fight to eradicate violence against women and girls, supporting women’s organizations and human rights defenders, promoting women’…

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.

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…

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...

Mayaa SH On Beijing + 30...

Mayaa SH Shares Highlights On 21st Century Road Ahead to Gender Equality: Beijing 30. She joined and attended the event organised by the Institute of Global Politics Women’s Initiative at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs for a convening to mark the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women […] The post Mayaa SH On Beijing + 30… appeared first on Up18 News.

We Must All Be Feminists: A Call to Action

As we mark International Women’s Day 2025 under the powerful theme “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment,” we are reminded that the struggle for gender equality remains an urgent and unfinished journey. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Conference, where the global community first declared that “women’s rights […] The post We Must All Be Feminists: A Call to Action appeared first on YFM Gha…