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U.N. stresses gender equality as a power issue and flags 87% surge in conflict-related sexual violence
Summary
At the Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. officials quoted the Secretary-General highlighting gains in U.N. gender parity while warning that conflict is driving a sharp global increase in sexual violence and displacement affecting women and girls.
At a press briefing opening the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. officials relayed the Secretary-General’s message that “gender equality is and always has been a question of power” and that “no step forward for women's rights has ever been given.” The Secretary-General, the briefing said, credited recent progress inside the United Nations to broadening recruitment while maintaining standards; women now make up about half of the U.N. workforce across professional and higher categories, with…
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