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ECOWAS strengthens fight against gender-based discrimination (News Agency of Nigeria, May 6, 2023)
> The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is facilitating the empowerment of women and strengthening the fight against gender-based discrimination through policies and programmes. https://www.nannews.ng/2023/05/06/ecowas-strengthens-fight-against-gend…
Survey: Anti-LGBTQ legislation takes alarming mental-health toll on queer youth (STAT News, May 1, 2023)
> “LGBTQ young people are not inherently prone to increased suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or their gender identity, but rather they are placed at higher risk because of the mistreatment and stigmatization that they experience in society,” said Ronita Rath, the Trevor Project’s vice president of research. https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/01/mental-health-lgbtq-youth/
Afghanistan: Women tell UN rights experts ‘we’re alive, but not living’ (UN News, May 5, 2023)
> Following a systematic crackdown on the rights of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban – from attending school to working at the UN – “the stage may be set for multiple preventable deaths that could amount to femicide” unless restrictions are reversed rapidly, independent UN human rights experts announced on Friday, following an eight-day visit to the country. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136382