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UN official at IPU forum urges investment to protect women’s rights, cites campaign reaching 25,000
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At the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Forum of Women Parliamentarians, a United Nations official called for increased financing and international cooperation to defend gains for women’s rights, citing a 2020 initiative and survey reaching 25,000 women in 185 countries.
A United Nations official speaking at the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Forum of Women Parliamentarians urged governments and multilateral institutions to boost financing and international cooperation to protect and advance women’s rights, saying recent outreach and survey work shows persistent barriers to leadership.
The official said she launched Women Rights for All in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19…
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