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A meeting of the High-Level Working Group on Gender Mainstreaming took place at Zappeion Megaron, in Athens on 6-7 February 2014. The meeting, which held under the Greek Presidency of the EU Council, was attended by state authorities in charge of gender equality in the 28 Member States, officials of the European Commission, the Secretariat of the Council, and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The aim of the meeting was the coordination of action plans of the current tripartite Presidency in the field of gender equality in the European Union.

Survivors and relatives of garment workers, who are still missing after the Rana Plaza building collapse, take part in a protest in front of the site in Savar on November 24, 2013.

Survivors and relatives of garment workers, who are still missing after the Rana Plaza building collapse, take part in a protest in front of the site in Savar on November 24, 2013.

The Bangladeshi government should stop garment factory owners from intimidating and threatening workers for organizing trade unions, and prosecute those responsible for attacks on labor leaders, Human Rights Watch said. Foreign buyers, including major US and European retailers, should ensure that their Bangladeshi suppliers respect labor rights.

Advocates for immigrant rights are calling on President Barack Obama to suspend deportations of otherwise law-abiding residents who are undocumented while Congress considers reforming the nation's immigration laws.

The Saudi government’s new terrorism law violates the right to due process and a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said. The law’s serious flaws include vague, overly broad provisions that allow authorities to criminalize free expression and the creation of excessive police powers without judicial oversight.

Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Ján Kubiš.

Children in Dammaj village, northern Yemen, are cut off from food and healthcare.

Syrian children shelter in the doorway of a house, amid gunfire and shelling, in a city affected by the conflict.