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UN highlights threats to women’s rights ahead of International Women’s Day; to brief on girls’ education in Afghanistan
Summary
The UN spokesperson summarized Secretary‑General remarks on threats to women’s rights, marked International Women’s Day and announced an upcoming briefing from Education Cannot Wait on girls’ education in Afghanistan and a related film.
The United Nations marked International Women’s Day and warned of rising threats to women’s and girls’ rights, the UN spokesperson said, and the organization announced a briefing on girls’ education in Afghanistan by Education Cannot Wait ahead of the international commemoration.
At a regular Spokesperson briefing, the UN quoted Secretary‑General António Guterres saying that rights gains are under attack worldwide and that ‘‘we must fight back, and we must never accept a world where…
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