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An average of 140 women and girls worldwide was murdered everyday in 2023 by their partner or close relative, a UN report finds

The Taliban’s newly enacted “vice and virtue” law imposes severe restrictions on women’s rights, including their freedom of speech, movement, and appearance, reversing decades of progress made in Afghanistan.

Less than 10 per cent of speakers at this week’s General Debate at the United Nations General Assembly are women.

Australia has launched an initiative with Canada, Germany and the Netherlands to “formally” condemn the Taliban’s oppression of women.

Australia has submitted a national review on gender equality progress to the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. 

Negative gender stereotypes on social media pushes girls into a “feedback loop” that keeps them from accessing careers in STEM, a UNESCO report has found.

The UN has never been led by a woman, and numerous civil society campaigns are promoting an end to this decades-long gender imbalance.

Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has been appointed as the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Myanmar.

Saudi Arabia picked to chair UN’s top forum for women’s rights and gender equality, despite its egregious women’s rights record. 

A United Nations (UN) special envoy to Israel has found “clear and convincing information” that Hamas committed acts of sexual violence against Israeli civilians on October 7 and beyond.

The Taliban is sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from the threat of gender-based violence, according to a UN report.

Australia joins other nations at UN General Assembly, voting in favour of a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza.