• Sudan emergency: UN rights chief condemns widespread extrajudicial killings
• Nicaragua rights probe names 54 officials over alleged violations
• Cyprus: after talks in Geneva, leaders agree on landmine clearance plan

• Myanmar quake response hampered by lack of cash, says UN relief chief Fletcher
• Gaza: UN rights chief Türk urges independent probe into killing of aid workers
• Biological Weapons Convention turns 50, an international success story

• Gaza aid worker killings: one humanitarian still missing
• UN teams say whole communities have been flattened in Myanmar quake
• DR Congo crisis: UN deputy rights chief condemns ongoing violence

• UN teams ramp up response to deadly quake in Myanmar and Thailand
• Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians
• Measles risk remains high in United States, notes WHO

• DR Congo: record 28 million people now face acute hunger
• Gaza: aid teams warn of war’s impact on children as supplies run out
• UN rights body sounds alarm over South Sudan crisis

• In Gaza, Israeli evacuation orders cover an area the size of Manhattan, warns OCHA
• Syria: Devastated country’s people live on less than $2 a day, say Human Rights Council-appointed investigators
• Malnutrition starts in the womb, warns WFP in urgent call for preventive action at Paris summit 

• In Gaza, UN aid workers continue vital work for most vulnerable communities
• Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of conflict
• Sudan’s people uprooted by conflict drag themselves across Chad’s border, says UNDP

• Gaza: UN relief chief Tom Fletcher condemns new Israeli attacks on medics, hospitals
• UNAIDS chief warns of surge in deaths unless US restores funding
• $934.5 million appeal launches for life-saving aid to 1.5 million Rohingya 

• Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing
• 2024 was deadliest year on record for migrants
• Child rights in Ukraine under attack

Despite some gains, women remain significantly underrepresented in decision-making positions – especially at senior levels of the judiciary worldwide.

Judge Angela Attachie, from Ghana, is both a Circuit Court Judge and the Queen Mother of Ho Bankoe – a dual role that makes her as a key figure in community governance and social development.

Speaking to UN News’ Pia Blondel, she talks about her journey to the courtroom, her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated field, and what needs to change for more women to rise in leadership positions.