Ashgabat, November 14, 2025 – On November 13 and 14, 2025, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Office in Turkmenistan, in cooperation with the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan, conducted a consultation meeting to discuss the impact of social norms and stereotypes on the advancement of gender equality and their correlation with violence against … [Read more...]
A Global Model to Tackle Violence against Women
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, a parallel and equally horrific pandemic has threatened half the world’s population. In the early months of the pandemic, the United Nations projected that quarantines and lockdowns could lead to a shocking 15 million additional cases of gender-based … [Read more...]