“These regressions are happening while the world navigates multiple crises of war, climate change, poverty and pandemics that clearly have a gendered impact and affect women and girls unequally,” Ms. “In some countries, we have witnessed concerning regressions in their ability to access education, to move freely and to access sexual and reproductive health. Alsalem’s remarks followed the presentation of her report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York. She stated that “they continue to be unable to organize freely, believe and speak and suffer the consequences.” “Women and girls continue to be killed on the basis of their sex and gender, rendered more vulnerable to femicide when being women and girls intersect with other grounds or identities,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on the issue - whose brief includes examining the causes and consequences of attacks.