UN rights experts reports 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence

By Anjali Sharma

UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights panel on Monday said that one in three women is subjected to physical or sexual violence, and 800 women and girls continue to die every day from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth,.

The chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Andrea Ori from OHCHR, said that the world is “still far” from achieving the goal of gender parity.

“The global landscape has changed,” she told the CEDAW session.

“We are witnessing a backlash against women’s human rights and gender equality, especially against women’s sexual and reproductive health rights – with an increase in attacks against abortion providers, shrinking civic space for women human rights defenders, and reduced funding,” he said.

Mr. Ori noted that 2025 marks 30 years since the universal adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for ensuring women’s human rights and achieving gender equality around the world.

He stressed that sexual violence against women and girls continues to be used as a tactic of war in numerous conflicts.

Mr. Ori added that only 26 per cent of parliamentarians in the world are women and only around three in 10 women have managerial roles at work.