GENEVA (24 November 2022) –Increased and relentless attacks on the bodily autonomy of women and girls on the basis of religion, culture and politics are among the most pervasive manifestations of violence against them, UN experts* said today. Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the experts issued the following statement: “We remain deeply concerned about the intensification of the well-organised global pushback against gender equality and increasing threats preventing women and girls from living a life in dignity, security and freedom from violence. Women…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 24 November 2022. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
