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Women: a weekly 14-minute news magazine that looks at issues affecting women around the world

climate change

The threats of climate change are not gender neutral, says WomenWatch, the United Nations Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality.

Climate change needs gender-sensitive responses. Coinciding with the recent UN Summit on Climate Change, a number of women from developing countries gathered to express their views on how climate change is affecting their lives and what can be done to mitigate it.

UN General Assembly discusses violence against girls

Honour killings, domestic violence, sexual violence and dowry murders are just a few of the forms of violence inflicted upon young girls around the world daily.

Cases of violence against girls have been rising, causing concern for members of the international community. Some of them have joined forces to combat it and they recently used the General Assembly as the floor to voice their concerns.

General Assembly hears from female heads of state

Of the approximately 27 female heads of state in the world, four spoke at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly in September. Climate change was a recurring topic of concern.

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