The executive director of the UN Women, Sima Bahous, has urged governments worldwide to invest in gender-responsive water governance, financing, and services
According to the report, civilian casualties among women and children have quadrupled in the last two years.
In Mali, 90 per cent of women have been affected by female genital mutilation, while the rate of child marriage in parts of the region is among the highest in the world.
UNFPA emphasised that midwives were key to preventing fistula, and other childbirth injuries.
The top UN official said that, from governments to boardrooms and classrooms to households, women’s equality is the greatest solution.
The findings come in the secretary-general’s latest annual report on women, peace, and security.
At the current pace, gender parity in national legislatures remains a distant dream, possibly only to be achieved by 2063, according to a UN report.
Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, told ambassadors in the Security Council that some governments were making cuts.
