Women’s rights under attack and ‘we must fight back’, says UN chief

 Women’s rights are under attack and “we must fight back,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, warning that the world cannot stand by as progress is reversed.

At a United Nations event on the eve of International Women’s Day on Saturday, Guterres said centuries of discrimination against women were being exacerbated by new threats.

“Digital tools, while brimming with promise, are also often silencing women’s voices, amplifying bias, and fueling harassment,” he said on Friday. “Women’s bodies have become political battlegrounds.”