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Divya Hegde from Udupi, coastal Karnataka, has won the UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony on November 18th, 2021. ...
Deputy Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan Alison Davidian has called for gender equality for long-term development and lasting peace in the country. ...
Afghanistan's acting minister for women, who fled Kabul, has said the whole situation is uncertain for all the people in her country, and specifically for women who shaped the social fabric of their society for generations. ...