TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a message on the occasion of International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women considering responsibility for everyone to prevent and end violence against women and girls. In his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2014,...

(Reuters) - An "unholy alliance" ofIran,Russia, the Vatican and others is threatening to derail a U.N. declaration urging an end to violence against women and girls by objecting to language on sexual, reproductive and gay rights, some U.N. diplomats said Wednesday. Delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women are racing to reach ...

Irans envoys at the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) have slammed all forms of violence against women and set out the Islamic Republics proposals for preventing the phenomenon across the globe. Speaking at the CSW meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Iranian lawmaker Nayyereh Akhavan Bitaraf underscored ...

The Vatican,Iranand other religious states are resisting efforts by a UN conference, which started Monday, to demand tougher global standards to prevent violence against women and children. More than 6,000 non-government groups are registered at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women, one of the biggest events held at the UN headquarters ...