Hugh Bayley says NGOs would also benefit as he releases report on impact of UK programme in AfghanistanThe UK should consider restoring its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan to support Afghan women and to help monitor the...
Read MoreFCDO cuts hit most vulnerable hardest, report says, with girl in South Sudan more likely to die in childbirth than finish schoolBritish aid cuts have had a “devastating” effect on women and girls around the world,...
Read MoreThousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers toldHundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe abortions and thousands will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a...
Read MoreRosie Duffield had said she felt ostracised by the party because of her views on gender reforms The Labour party must have “respect and tolerance” in the face of differing opinions on gender, Keir Starmer has said...
Read MoreSecurity council’s rare display of unity adds pressure after most aid groups in Afghanistan suspend servicesFaint hopes exist that the Taliban may relax its ban on all women working for the non-governmental aid agencies in...
Read MoreTeargas also used against protesters gathered in home town of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, says rights groupIranian security forces have clashed with protesters who had gathered in their thousands in Mahsa Amini’s home town...
Read MoreFormer US envoy given award at conference now engulfed in row over changes to reproductive rights pledges, while participant list revealed to have included members of group accused of hate speechThe British government presented...
Read MoreExclusive: Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands refuse to sign edited version, drawing up new phrasing including women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rightsThe UK government is in a diplomatic standoff with three...
Read MoreExclusive: Equalities committee chair Caroline Nokes joins international outcry after UK dilutes commitment to women’s rights without consultationA senior Conservative MP has asked the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, to...
Read MoreExclusive: open letter sent to Liz Truss after removal of commitment to repeal laws threatening women and girls’ bodily autonomy from international pactThe UK government is coming under growing pressure from European...
Read MoreDozens of investigations have been launched by police in the past 10 years into suspected breaches of 1861 lawWomen in England and Wales who have suffered miscarriages or stillbirths are being investigated by police on suspicion...
Read MoreReports of rape and torture by occupying Russian forces have driven thousands of women in Ivano-Frankivsk to enrol in firearms classesIn the long, narrow basement underneath Litsey 20, a school in Ivano-Frankivsk, western...
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