UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that women are suffering new assaults on their safety and dignity around the world.
On the opening day of sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, the Secretary-General pointed out that extremists are subjugating women while governments are curtailing women’s freedoms and rolling back laws against domestic violence.
He said educating and empowering women will unleash their potential and prevent challenges that arise from violent extremism, human rights violations, xenophobia and other threats.
