Saudi Arabia will chair a United Nations commission on women, bringing condemnation from human rights groups, which said the kingdom still has an “abysmal” record on women’s rights.
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Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N.
A presentation at the U.N., organized in part by Sheryl Sandberg, accused the body of ignoring the rape and mutilation of women in the Oct. 7 assault on Israel, and heard gruesome details from witnesses.
U.N. Surveys Suggest Violence Against Women Has Intensified in Pandemic
Almost half of the women who were surveyed said that they or a woman they knew had experience violence since the start of the outbreak.
The Grisly Deaths of a Woman and a Girl Shock Mexico and Test Its President
The murders of Ingrid Escamilla, 25, and Fátima Aldrighett, 7, are forcing a reckoning in a country that has wrestled with violence against women. The president’s response has been harshly criticized.
‘Not My Fault’: Women in Mexico Fight Back Against Violence
A new generation is demanding change, casting off the entrenched notion that women somehow provoke attacks against them.