the UN Security Council in 2000 adopted the groundbreaking Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). The resolution urges countries to actively promote women's full and meaningful ...

With efforts towards gender equality stalling, voting in a first female head of the UN would provide powerful representation ...

Since 2000, the UN Security Council has enacted eight resolutions to promote women’s participation in conflict resolution and reconciliation processes and address issues such as conflict-related ...

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury is former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN and Chairman of the UN's ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could ...