Women should be included in future of Afghanistan: UN

Jul 08, 2023

As Afghan women continue to live miserable lives under Taliban rule, the United Nations (UN) UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous emphasized that women...

UN warns Afghan women face "increasingly untenable" situation and risk removal from public life

Aug 13, 2025

UN Women warns that Afghan women face worsening restrictions, risking exclusion from public life. Dozens of UN female staff were threatened in May, while...

India to deploy platoon of women peacekeepers to UN Mission in Sudan

Jan 06, 2023

This will be India's largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission since it deployed the first-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in...

India contributes USD 500,000 to UN entity for women empowerment

Apr 17, 2023

Sima Sami Bahous, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women, received the cheque

China faces reverses in UN bodies, India makes it to ECOSOC

Sep 15, 2020

New Delhi [India], September 15 : China is facing significant reverses in UN bodies, on Monday India secured a seat in UN Commission on...

Ukraine, Russia tangle over women, children and elderly killed in war at UNSC

Mar 18, 2022

New York [US], March 18 : Ukrainian ambassador to the UN confronted his Russian counterpart on Thursday (local time) over women and children killed...