International Women's Day 2025

International Women’s Day, 2025
Rule Breakers: The Compelling True Story of Afghan Girls Who Risked All to Learn

By Joyce Chimbi and Naureen Hossain
Like the Afghan robotics team, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, is breaking the 'rules' and continuing to educate young women in that country despite an edict from the Taliban denying girls a secondary school education.

International Women’s Day, 2025
The Quest for a Female UN Secretary-General: Assessing the Probability

By Shihana Mohamed
The United Nations has chosen “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” as the theme for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025. This theme emphasizes the importance of equal rights, power, and opportunities for all women and girls, urging action to create a feminist future where no one is left behind.

International Women’s Day, 2025
It’s time for a Feminist Woman Secretary General at the UN

By Jesselina Rana
In 2025, the United Nations will celebrate 80 years of shaping global policies, fostering peace, and driving international development. Yet, in those eight decades, not a single woman has held the position of Secretary-General.

International Women’s Day, 2025
New Report Finds Sexist Laws Persist Worldwide

By Antonia Kirkland and Tara Carey
A new global report analyzing sex discrimination in laws reveals that while some commendable gains have been achieved in strengthening legal protections for women and girls over the past five years, progress remains slow, uneven, and increasingly under threat from a growing backlash against women’s rights.
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