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Jul 10, 2025
Colombian women shaped history by making peace gender-inclusive. Eight years on, they're still leading peace, justice, and change—with UN Women's support.
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Jul 10, 2025
Achieving the 2030 Agenda hinges on realizing gender equality. UN Women calls on Member States, partners, and stakeholders at all levels to act collectively and with urgency.
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Jul 10, 2025
UN Women will be at Davos 2023, this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, taking place from 16 to 20 January. Under the meeting's theme of "Cooperation in a Fragmented World", UN Women will spearhead solutions-focused conversations that advance gender equality during the week with leaders from across governments, businesses and civil society organizations. Through in-person engagements, social media highlights and visible on-site messaging, action for gender equality will take center stage this year. Will you join us?
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Jul 03, 2025
Discover how targeted investments in data deliver transformative actions for gender equality and women's rights.
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Jul 01, 2025
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, a UN Women backed programme shows just how much empowered women bring to the industry, uplift the local economy and change lives.
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Jun 30, 2025
As UN Women marks its 15th anniversary this year, the world has seen important progress in gender equality that has changed the lives of women and girls across the globe. While this is cause for celebration, the push for equality is losing ground.
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Jun 30, 2025
More than 50,000 women vendors are improving their businesses, saving money and feeling safer in markets across the Pacific islands.
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Jun 29, 2025
Chronic underfunding, weak tracking systems, and unfair financial rules are stalling progress on gender equality. UN Women calls for urgent, sustained investment to close the gap and deliver on equality commitments.
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Jun 27, 2025
Discover how Latin America is leading a care revolution by recognising and valuing the care work that women and girls shoulder.
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Jun 27, 2025
"I can't imagine myself anywhere else," says Kseniia Mishyna, although she cannot remember when she last ate or slept or had any time for herself.
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Jun 27, 2025
Afghan women face the world's worst women's rights crisis under Taliban rule. Learn the latest updates from Afghan women and how UN Women supports their rights, leadership, and survival across all 34 provinces.
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Jun 26, 2025
(Geneva) - At a time of converging crises, dangerous escalations in threats to peace and security, unprecedented cuts to development aid, and a global backlash against women's rights, women led civil society organizations continue to deliver key services for peace and security in their communities. Two of the UN's leading gender equality funds - the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) and the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) - who continue to ensure that these organizations and their allies have the funding needed, have released their 2024 annual reports in Geneva this week. The data reflects record-breaking reach and transformative impact, rising risks and a renewed call to action around funding feminist change.
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Jun 23, 2025
Briefing on Afghanistan by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on 23 June 2025 at UN headquarters.
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Jun 21, 2025
Committed in solidarity: refugee women and girls will not be left behind
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Jun 19, 2025
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Closing of the Executive Board at its Annual Session, 19 June 2025, UN headquarters.
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Jun 17, 2025
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June), UN Women spoke to two Ukrainian women artists about their experience and art as an expression of their resilience.
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Jun 17, 2025
Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the annual session 2025 of the UN Women Executive Board, 17 June 2025, UN headquarters.
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Jun 17, 2025
Press briefing by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index launch.
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Jun 17, 2025
UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality since the Taliban takeover.
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Jun 12, 2025
Fewer women hold top political offices in 2025. UN Women reports rising barriers, political violence and setbacks in gender equality in leadership worldwide.
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Jun 09, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Saron Mesele, a graduate of African Girls Can Code and an aspiring cybersecurity professional, is empowering young Ethiopian women with digital literacy and ambition.
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Jun 04, 2025
On World Environment Day, UN Women joins the global call to beat plastic pollution and tackle the triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution—with urgency and inclusion.
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Jun 03, 2025
At Photoville 2025 in NYC, discover portraits of women peacebuilders - captured by local women photographers in some of the world's most volatile places.
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Jun 02, 2025
Celebrate Pride Month with stories of resilience and inclusion from Thailand. Meet four LGBTIQ activists creating safe, vibrant spaces for all to thrive.
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May 30, 2025
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the 2025 joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN Women and WFP, UN headquarters, 30 May 2025.
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May 28, 2025
As conflicts continue around the world, peacekeeping remains essential—and central to the Women, Peace and Security agenda. On this International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, and 25 years since the unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325, we reaffirm that women's full, equal, and meaningful participation is vital to effective peacekeeping and lasting peace.
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May 22, 2025
Despite long-standing commitments from governments, women remain underrepresented, particularly in leadership and operational roles in United Nations Peace Operations. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, only 40 per cent of all Chief of Police Officers, and 30 per cent of civilian heads of United Nations peace operations are women. As of October 2024, just one woman serves in a military leadership role within United Nations Peace Operations. On the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, 29 May, meet some of the women leading global peace and security efforts and find out why women's leadership in peace operations matters.
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May 22, 2025
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the UN Security Council high-level open debate on the "Protection of civilians in armed conflict", 22 May 2025, UN Headquarters.
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May 22, 2025
UN Women unpacks the rise of the manosphere and calls for stronger media engagement to counter online hate.
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May 21, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a global call to action marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Lucky Karim, a young Rohingya woman and refugee, powerfully embodies this spirit.
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May 19, 2025
UN Women estimates that more than 28,000 women and girls have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war in October 2023 - that is one woman and one girl on average killed every hour in attacks by Israeli forces. Among those killed, thousands were mothers, leaving behind devastated children, families, and communities.
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May 19, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a global call to action marking the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Lucky Karim, a young Rohingya woman and refugee, powerfully embodies this spirit.
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May 16, 2025
This year's theme, "The power of communities", celebrates the strength that emerges from solidarity. It honours the diversity within LGBTIQ communities and the collective efforts of human rights defenders, civil society, allies, and all those working to advance dignity, inclusion, and equal opportunity around the world.
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May 13, 2025
Decades of progress on gender equality have been erased by a patchwork of more than 70 edicts, directives, and statements introduced by the Taliban, restricting women and girls' rights in almost every aspect of their lives. Three years since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, UN Women continues to work with Afghan women and girls striving for their freedoms and rights.
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May 13, 2025
UN Women press release sounding the alarm in a report that revelas that 90 per cent of surveyed women's organizations are being pushed to a breaking point.
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May 13, 2025
The effects of war and conflict on women and girls are worsening. In 2023, the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled compared to 2022.
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May 12, 2025
During the UN Women Executive Board's recent official visit to Zimbabwe, President E.D. Mnangagwa told the Board President, Ambassador Nicola Clase of Sweden: "We believe that gender equality is not only a fundamental right, but also a necessity for national growth."
Under the leadership of Ambassador Clase, the Executive Board's five-day visit, from 5 to 9 May 2025, sought to highlight the successes of UN Women programmes, address emerging challenges in the global fight for gender equality, and strengthen collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe and local partners. "I note the strong legal frameworks for gender equality and women's empowerment," stated Ambassador Clase. "We urge the government to focus on the effective implementation of these laws."
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May 05, 2025
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025 at United Nations Headquarters in New York (Conference Room 2).
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May 01, 2025
Haiti's escalating gang violence has pushed the country to the brink of collapse, with armed groups controlling key neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince and carrying out mass atrocities. Ongoing gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, and the security breakdown is landing hardest on women and girls, eroding their safety, health, and basic human rights.
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Apr 29, 2025
#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Sushmita S. Preetha, senior journalist at "The Daily Star" in Dhaka, Bangladesh, speaks about feminist resistance in journalism.
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Apr 21, 2025
This International Women's Day, 8 March, join UN Women and the world in coming together under the theme "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow", and call for climate action for women, by women.
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Apr 21, 2025
The 27th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—otherwise known as COP 27—opens Sunday, 6 November 2022. Hosted by the Government of Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh, COP 27 is an opportunity for the international community to catalyse much-needed progress on climate action. It is also a chance to highlight Africa's leadership in tackling climate change and its vision for a just and sustainable future that leaves no one behind.
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Apr 21, 2025
The impacts of crises are not gender-neutral. Protracted conflicts and the accelerating impacts of climate change have increased care demands on women and girls. When these demands grow, and public systems are unable to cope with increased pressure, women and girls absorb the bulk of care work.
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Apr 21, 2025
Gender inequality coupled with the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. It poses threats to ways of life, livelihoods, health, safety and security for women and girls around the world.
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Apr 21, 2025
Energy powers every aspect of our lives, and by 2050, up to 90 per cent of the world's electricity could come from renewable sources. This shift could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help us avoid the worst consequences of climate change. But one thing is clear: we can't achieve this future without women. UN Women spoke with Sanjana Chhantyal from Nepal, a youth advocate, about what it will take to centre women in the renewable energy sector - and why financial inclusion must be part of the solution.
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Apr 15, 2025
Remarks by Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa and Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Country Representative in Sudan, speaking at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, from Port Sudan.
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Apr 11, 2025
UN Women press briefing on the dire situation for women and girls in Sudan as the civil war enters its third year.
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Apr 10, 2025
UN Women press release that raises the alarm over the number of people at risk of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, which has tripled to over 12 million since the beginning of the war two years ago.
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Apr 09, 2025
As the crisis in Sudan deepens and shocking levels of gender-based violence soar, Sudanese women are demanding inclusion in peace efforts to drive lasting change and peace. Read on to find out what UN Women is doing to support them.
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Apr 07, 2025
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, 7 April 2025
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Apr 07, 2025
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the high-level meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Headquarters, 25 November 2024.
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Apr 03, 2025
In an interview with Pendo Vestine from Rwanda, UN Women explores the role of women and girls in technology. Vestine is an alumni from the UN Women's regional programme, African Girls Can Code Initiative, which has taught coding and other skills to more than 1,600 girls and young women in 11 countries across the region.
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Mar 28, 2025
Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine, spoke at the Palais des Nations from Jerusalem on disastrous consequences for women and girls following the end of a tenuous ceasefire in Gaza.
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Mar 27, 2025
Since 18 March, Israel's renewed and intensified attacks on Gaza have killed hundreds of civilians, including women and children, and over 142,000 newly displaced persons have nowhere to run for safety. UN Women spoke to women in Gaza this week and they reported intolerable horror.
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Mar 21, 2025
Closing remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 21 March 2025, UN headquarters.
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Mar 19, 2025
The 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) kicked off with a powerful vision: renewing and advancing the commitments to fully implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as it marks its 30th anniversary. In dedicated forums and spaces organized by UN Women, including interactive dialogues, side events, and a half-day Youth Forum, young feminists, and girl leaders delivered a unifying message: meaningful and effective progress hinges on their immediate and substantive involvement in shaping the policies and actions today.
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Mar 14, 2025
At a side event during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) on 13 March, titled "Reflections and Resolve: Civil Society Pathways to Push Forward for Gender Equality", UN Women brought together youth leaders and regional civil society steering committee members to share reflections about civil society engagement in the Beijing 30 regional reviews. Panellists also provided recommendations for accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and for the CSW Revitalization process, which aims to strengthen the relevance, accountability and inclusivity of the Commission on the Status of Women.
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Mar 14, 2025
On 12 March 2025, UN Women convened leaders and experts at "For ALL Women and Girls: The Beijing 30 Action Agenda" to discuss the six key actions to make faster strides towards fulfilling the commitments made in the Beijing Platform for Action and for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The flagship side event was held at UN headquarters during the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
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Mar 14, 2025
As the world marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, global leaders gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss transformative approaches to advance women's economic empowerment through digital and financial inclusion.
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Mar 12, 2025
Opening remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Commission on the Status of Women high-level side event, "For ALL Women and Girls - The Beijing 30 Action Agenda", 12 March 2025, UN headquarters.
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Mar 12, 2025
Women-led and women's rights organizations in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States, a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the Government Commissioner for Gender Equality Policy of Ukraine, and the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, reveals.
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Mar 11, 2025
On the eve of the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit, more than 130 women leaders will gather in New York to demonstrate their commitment to ambitious and gender-sensitive climate action.
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Mar 11, 2025
At the Town Hall Meeting with Civil Society on the occasion of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Secretary-General responded to questions and had a dialogue with women's rights organizations.
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Mar 11, 2025
Generation Equality - a multi-stakeholder partnerships initiative convened by UN Women and launched at the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - continues to drive increased investments for gender equality. Now at the five-year mark, Generation Equality has advanced close to 2,000 policies, 4,500 programmes and 5,700 advocacy initiatives, and committed more than $50 billion.
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Mar 11, 2025
UN Women spoke to youth activists at the CSW69 Youth Forum. They spoke about navigating the backlash to women's rights and how to keep hope up during times of crisis.
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Mar 11, 2025
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at CSW69 side event on "Multistakeholder partnerships - Leveraging Generation Equality to advance recommitment, accountability, and resourcing of the Beijing Platform for Action", 10 March 2025.
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Mar 11, 2025
According to the 2025 edition of the IPU-UN Women "Women in politics" map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative positions. The map presents the latest rankings of women in executive positions and national parliaments as of 1 January 2025. While the proportion of women in parliament has increased fractionally by 0.3 percentage points to 27.2 per cent compared to a year ago, in government positions it has declined by 0.4 percentage points.
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Mar 10, 2025
As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, governments have adopted by consensus a powerful Political Declaration to respect, protect, and champion the rights, equality, and empowerment of women and girls
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Mar 10, 2025
Remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, at the opening of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 10 March 2025, UN headquarters.
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Mar 10, 2025
At the opening of the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Secretary-General said: "The United Nations is stronger today because we are more representative of the world we serve. And we are determined to do even more to deliver for the world's women and girls."
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Mar 07, 2025
The UN Women Leaders Network was launched this week on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly. It is the first permanent network of its kind, composed of intergenerational and intersectional women leaders, and its members represent the change needed in the traditional image of leadership today. The network includes both emerging and more established leaders across ages, regions, and professions.
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Mar 07, 2025
Welcoming remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the UN commemoration of International Women's Day, 7 March 2025, UN General Assembly Hall, UN headquarters.
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Mar 07, 2025
In his remarks for the International Women's Day 2025 at the UN Headquarters, UN Secretary-General said: "We gather today not just to celebrate the International Women's Day, but to move forward - resilient, united, and unwavering in our pursuit of "equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of humanity."
"Those are the first words of the Beijing Declaration - and this year marks the 30th anniversary of that landmark conference and its reaffirmation that women's rights are human rights."
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Mar 06, 2025
A new report "Girl goals: What has changed for girls? Adolescent girls' rights over 30 years"—launched by UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women ahead of International Women's Day—reviews how adolescent girls' lives have changed in the last 30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action was endorsed by 189 governments in 1995.
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Mar 06, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Moni Pizani Orsini, UN Women Representative in Mexico, remembers attending the 1995 conference and reflects on its relevance today.
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Mar 06, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Claire Uwineza, leads a non-profit social enterprise, Resonate, which works to address the "confidence gap" faced by women and girls in Rwanda, which often leads to missed opportunities for their advancement.
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Mar 05, 2025
UN Women's latest report "Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing", published ahead of the UN 50th International Women's Day on 8 March, shows that in 2024 nearly a quarter of governments worldwide reported a backlash on women's rights.
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Mar 05, 2025
The 69th annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), taking place from 10 to 21 March at the UN Headquarters in New York, is a milestone moment for women's rights. The UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment will review the progress made on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted 30 years back, which remains the most revolutionary plan on gender equality to date. Participants will include:
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Sima Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women
Philemon Yang, President of the United Nations General Assembly
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Feb 26, 2025
Media advisory from UN Women: International Women's Day 2025 (8 March): "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment."
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Feb 25, 2025
For the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action campaign, #ForAllWomenandGirls UN Women spoke to feminist anti-racist activist Lúcia Xavier from Brazil. Xavier talks about Black women's resilience and fight for equality in Brazil today.
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Feb 24, 2025
Interview with Flutura Xhabija on attending the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and how the Beijing Platform for Action remains relevant today. Flutura Xhabija, at 76, is a trailblazer in business and advocacy, and the founder of the National Association of Artisan Women Entrepreneurs in Albania. In 1995, she was among the few Albanian women who traveled to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, where she witnessed firsthand the power of global activism.
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Feb 24, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Rabéa Naciri, Moroccan human rights activist and expert on gender and women's rights, talks about the ongoing fight for gender equality.
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Feb 24, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Robie Halip, an Indigenous leader from the Philippines, talks about the leadership of Indigenous Peoples, including Indigenous women and youth, in the transition to renewable energy.
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Feb 24, 2025
In reviewing progress thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration, 24 per cent of countries say that the backlash on gender equality has undermined the implementation of commitments that can unlock equality, rights and protection for all women and girls. UN Women spoke to feminists and activists from around the world about what gives them hope today, and what resilience means. The emerging conversation shows that their faith in women's rights, progress, and gender equality remains undaunted.
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Feb 21, 2025
Press briefing by Sofia Calltorp, Chief of?Humanitarian Action at UN Women and?Director of the Geneva Office at the Palais des Nations on the impact of the 3-year full-scale war on women and girls in Ukraine.
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Feb 20, 2025
Three years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the toll on women and girls remains staggering. They continue to bear the heaviest burdens - displacement, economic instability, heightened risks of gender-based violence, and the daily struggle to keep families safe in the face of repeated attacks. Despite this, Ukrainian women and their organizations are mobilizing their communities to lead the humanitarian response and economic recovery, and UN Women is supporting them.
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Feb 19, 2025
Russia's three years of mass attacks on Ukraine are having a devastating effect on women and girls, with 1,869,000 internally displaced, almost 6.7 million women in need of humanitarian assistance, and more than 3,799 women and 289 girls killed, with the actual number of deaths likely much higher, according to the United Nations.
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Feb 12, 2025
Since the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the subsequent devastating war on Gaza, Hamaduna and her family have been displaced more than 10 times within Gaza. She is among 650,000 displaced people making this journey, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. Since the war began, over 1.93 million people out of Gaza's 2.3 million population have been displaced, each carrying their own story of loss and resilience. They want to return home, to Gaza.
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Feb 11, 2025
Closing remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the first regular session 2025 of the UN Women Executive Board, 11 February 2025, UN headquarters.
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Feb 10, 2025
Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the first regular session 2025 of the UN Women Executive Board, 10 February 2025, UN headquarters.
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Feb 06, 2025
After three years of full-scale war in Ukraine, women are bearing the brunt of Russia's war. Learn about the impact of war on Ukrainian women-led businesses through the story of Roksolana Rosolovska. UN Women works to empower women entrepreneurs in Ukraine who are driving economic resilience.
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Feb 06, 2025
After three years of full-scale war in Ukraine, women are bearing the brunt of Russia's war. They have endured violence and displacement, but are at the forefront of delivering humanitarian aid, economic recovery and resilience.
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Feb 06, 2025
UN Women statement on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February 2025.
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Feb 05, 2025
AI is transforming our world—but when it reflects existing biases, it can reinforce discrimination against women and girls. From hiring decisions to healthcare diagnoses, AI systems can amplify gender inequalities when trained on biased data. So how can we ensure AI is ethical and inclusive? Zinnya del Villar, a leading expert in responsible AI, shares insights on the challenges and solutions in a recent conversation with UN Women.
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Feb 04, 2025
UN Women is deeply concerned about the increased vulnerability of women and girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The renewed escalation of violence has resulted in a devastating humanitarian crisis, disproportionately affecting women and girls. As the clashes unfold in a country that has endured prolonged instability, women and girls are bearing the brunt of both direct and indirect consequences, with their rights, safety, and dignity increasingly under threat.
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Feb 04, 2025
Find out why there are so few women in political leadership positions and in decision-making roles. Learn more on what can be done to close the gap women's representation in political leadership.An explainer on why investing in women is a human rights issue that must be addressed. Investing in women enables women to thrive, which contributes to prosperity that can be measured in financial terms.
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Feb 03, 2025
In Mali, where 89% of women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), advocates like Siaka Traoré are fighting to end this deadly tradition. With no national law banning the practice, Mali has become a safe haven for FGM, drawing families from neighboring countries and even Europe. Survivors speak out about the devastating consequences, while activists push for legal and cultural change. Learn how communities are working to break the cycle and protect future generations.
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Jan 31, 2025
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is set to begin its fourth year, more than 1.7 million women and girls remain internally displaced throughout the country, according to IOM data. The war has been devastating for all the 3.7 million internally displaced persons in Ukraine - and also imposes gender-specific burdens on women and girls.
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Jan 28, 2025
Investing in women benefits women and society as a whole. At the current rate of investments however, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by 2030. It has never been more urgent to advance women's economic empowerment, as marked by the 2024 theme for International Women's Day: "Invest in women: Accelerate progress".
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Jan 22, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda from Zimbabwe, UN Women Deputy Executive Director, reflects about her experience at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 and how the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains relevant today.
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