UN Secretary-General: upholding women’s rights is ‘not a charity’ its a must

The United Nations Secretary-General issued a dire warning to World leaders on Monday and said that women’s rights are at risk of backsliding at a global level. “Gender equality is growing more distant. On the current tracks, UN Women puts it 300 years away,” said Antonio Guterres in a speech to the General Assembly in New York ahead of the UN session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Guterres also warned of violence against women, mortality in childbirth and workforce inequality as top threats to gender equality globally. “In many places, women’s sexual and reproductive rights are bei…

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