On the eve of International Women's Day, leading women's rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticised male-dominated governments on March 7 for excluding women from peace negotiations. Sima Bahous, head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality, lamented “the regression in women's rights.” She told the Security Council that “we …
UNITED NATIONS — On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticized male-dominated governments Tuesday for excluding women from peace negotiations. Sima Bahous, head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality, lamented “the regression in women’s rights.” She told the Security Council that …
