UN chief warns of ‘global backlash against women’s rights’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that a “backlash” against women’s rights was threatening progress across the world. He called the situation facing women in Afghanistan “the most egregious example” with girls excluded from “much of the education system.” He also singled out sexual violence against women in Sudan, Israel and against Palestinian […]

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