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Mar 20, 2019
A high-level event on the margins of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on 20 March, launched the "Equality in Law for Women and Girls by 2030: A Multistakeholder Strategy for Accelerated Action". The strategy, developed by UN Women, the African Union, Commonwealth, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Secretaría General Ibero-Americana, and many other UN and NGO partners, seeks to fast-track the repeal or revision of discriminatory laws in 100 countries by 2023.
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Mar 20, 2019
On the margins of the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) co-hosted the Women and Sport Awards celebrating the role models and change makers in advancing women and girls in and through sport.
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Mar 20, 2019
On 18 March, the global SDGs and Her Competition announced the winners of the 2019 global competition.The winning entries are Taxshe, owned by Vandana Suri from India, and Green Business Innovation, owned by Saida Yusupova from Uzbekistan.
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Mar 19, 2019
Remarks by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport Marta Vieira da Silva, at the International Olympic Committee Women in Sport Awards on 19 March in New York.
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Mar 19, 2019
At the ongoing UN Commission on the Status of Women, a UN Women side event on 18 March, titled, "The Road Ahead: Making Gender Parity a Reality", brought together senior UN officials, civil society and Member States to discuss how to expand the momentum for gender parity.
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Mar 18, 2019
Iconic beauty brand and actor/activist advance philanthropic campaign supporting UN Women
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Mar 18, 2019
As the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking UN Security Council resolution 1325 approaches in 2020, experts and advocates on the women, peace and security agenda came together on 15 March to take stock of progress and the way forward
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Mar 15, 2019
On the margins of the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, a high-level side event on "Accelerating the elimination of harmful practices to reap the demographic dividend in Africa" convened Member States, civil society, youth and development partners to discuss decisive measures to eliminate child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) across the continent.
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Mar 15, 2019
The High-level Group on Justice for Women (HLG), comprising of justice, human rights and gender experts from different parts of the world, launched a pathbreaking global report on Justice for Women on 13 March, at a side event on the margins of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
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Mar 13, 2019
After hearing from many of the world's top women politicians on Tuesday in a session on "Women in Power", Secretary-General António Guterres, held a Town Hall meeting for civil society activists where he underscored the importance of women seizing the initiative in the struggle for gender equality.
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Mar 13, 2019
At a side event during the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, youth leaders from 100 countries urged political leaders and senior UN officials to make strong commitments that safeguard and improve access to social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure for women and girls, including young women and girls, worldwide. Equally important, they said, was to engage young people in shaping the solutions that affect their lives.
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Mar 12, 2019
There has been a "serious regression" in the political power of women across the world in recent years, UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the annual summit of women activists at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
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Mar 12, 2019
Women's representation in political decision-making continues to rise slowly, with slight improvements since 2017, according to the data presented in the 2019 edition of the biennial IPU-UN Women map of Women in Politics. The map was launched at a press conference during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Mar 11, 2019
Geraldine Byrne Nason is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, and the Chair of the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women, the UN''s largest gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment, taking place in New York from 11 to 22 March. A career diplomat, Ms. Bryne Nason previously served as Ireland's Ambassador to France and Monaco, as well as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union. A passionate advocate for women's rights, she spoke to UN Women recently about the importance of CSW.
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Mar 11, 2019
In Cabo Verde, more than a quarter of all employed women (26 per cent) are domestic workers, many of whom work without contracts, without recognition as formal workers and the social protections that come with formal jobs. For instance, domestic workers are unable to enrol in the National Institute of Social Security and do not have access to pensions when they retire or health coverage for them and their children.
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Mar 11, 2019
In her remarks at the opening of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka called for "change that lasts, and that can withstand the shocks of political climates that may be unconducive to human rights and women's rights".
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Mar 08, 2019
Spotlight on improving social protection, inadequate public services and gender-blind infrastructure; identifying policy actions critical to propel gender equality and transform women's lives
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Mar 08, 2019
In her speech at the commemoration of International Women's Day, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka called for intentional innovation, multiplied so that technology can raise the voices of many more women and change their lives irreversibly.
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Mar 07, 2019
Every morning, 13-year-old Jareeyah* from Maputo sets out for a 10-minute walk from home to her high school. The trek isn't long, but it always makes her uneasy. Jareeyah lives in the densely populated neighbourhood, Ka Maxakene, in the heart of Mozambique's capital, Maputo. The capital launched a Safe City and Safe Public Spaces Programme, as part of UN Women's Safe Cities Global Initiative.
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Mar 07, 2019
In remote villages across Georgia, better roads and kindergartens are high on women's agenda, and understandably so. How long it takes them to commute due to the lack of road infrastructure or essential public services such as kindergartens, and how far a mother has to go to get affordable childcare, determines how much time she has left in a day to get paid work.
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Mar 07, 2019
A grantee of UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality is pushing for better income, health insurance, safer working conditions; and helping exploited domestic workers take their cases to the courts.
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Mar 07, 2019
A 200-kilometre road (124 miles) project stretches between the townships of Batschenga, Ntui and Yoko, in central Cameroon. The road crosses farms, forests, water bodies and pastoral areas that sustain the mostly agrarian economy of nearly 40 villages and three towns.
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Mar 07, 2019
In a statement for International Women's Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres says: "Gender equality and women's rights are fundamental to global progress on peace and security, human rights and sustainable development".
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Mar 07, 2019
With technology and innovation playing an integral role in our everyday lives, it is not easy to imagine development in the 21st century without it. This year's theme for International Women's Day is "Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change". The theme explores the ways in which innovation can work for gender equality, boost investment in gender-responsive social systems, and enhance public services and infrastructure that meet the needs of women and girls.
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Mar 07, 2019
Yemeni women's rights leaders call for recognition, support and funding at the event themed, "Yemeni women's leadership in the peace process, humanitarian space and beyond", taking place in Geneva on 25 February, in the context of the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen. The event was organized by the Permanent Missions of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations (UN), UN Women, CARE International, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Oxfam International.
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Mar 07, 2019
UN Women, in collaboration with United Nations World Tourism Organization, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the World Bank Group and Amadeus, has today released preliminary findings of the Global Report on Women in Tourism, Second Edition.
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Mar 06, 2019
Across eastern Europe social support services have not been very inclusive, whether it be because of armed conflict, local decision-making or simply dangerous, unsafe neighborhoods. Now, people are calling for better infrastructure, safer cities and urban planning.
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Mar 06, 2019
Most women and girls are told to stay inside after dark for their safety, it's one of the pitfalls of living in the sprawling city of El Alto. Once a desolate bedroom community just 15 km away from the Bolivian capital, La Paz, El Alto is the country's second-biggest and fastest growing city.
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Mar 05, 2019
Every year, about 172,000 Filipino women leave the country as migrant workers, seeking higher income to provide for their families. Research has shown that women migrant workers are more likely than men to send money home to families.
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Mar 05, 2019
Around the world, one in every three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or abused in some other way—most often by someone she knows. Yet public services, such as quality mental health services, are rarely planned with women's safety, recovery and healing from violence in mind.
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Mar 05, 2019
Women in Albania, much like women around the world, face many roadblocks when they try to leave an abusive partner—housing. The Shelter for Abused Women and Girls is part of the Monitoring Network against Gender-Based Violence, a network of 48 civil society organizations across Albania. The creation of the network was facilitated by UN Women under its regional programme on ending violence against women, funded by the European Union.
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Mar 05, 2019
Washington, DC-UN Women, the United Nations Foundation, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security will celebrate Congressional women leaders in foreign policy at a reception this evening.
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Mar 05, 2019
From marketplaces in the Pacific to parks in eastern Europe, women are rising up and demanding safety, respect and inclusion in public spaces, and coming together to make it happen. Through community efforts, UN Women is working around the world to help women claim their space.
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Mar 04, 2019
Shakhodat Teshebayeva from Khalmion, a village in southern Kyrgyzstan bordering Uzbekistan, is 50 years old and the sole breadwinner of her family. Her income comes from farming, working for 8-10 long hours in the fields every day. She doesn't shy away from the hard work, but lately, the hard has become impossible, because of the growing water crisis.
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Mar 04, 2019
Globally, 1.7 billion adults remain unbanked, and 56 per cent of them are women, according to latest data from The World Bank. The trend continues in Africa, where up to 95 million unbanked adults receive cash payments for agricultural products, and 65 million save using semiformal methods. Lack of access to banking services and financial skills such as savings, budgeting and debt management, means women who are already poor, have little or no means to invest, retire or build a cushion against emergencies. In humanitarian crisis, these challenges are compounded. Esperance Mutegwaraba, 61, fled the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012 along with 30,000 refugees.
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Mar 04, 2019
In a statement for International Women's Day, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, calls to put innovation at the centre of efforts to reflect the needs and viewpoints of women and girls and to resolve barriers to public services and opportunities.
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Mar 04, 2019
Following decades of struggle for peace in southern Philippines, the Bangsamoro Organic Law was ratified in July 2018. The law creates a new political entity to replace the existing autonomous region, which is home to 13 ethno-linguistic groups in Mindanao.
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Mar 04, 2019
Regional consultations for Latin America and the Caribbean in the lead up to the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) started on 11 December in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Mar 01, 2019
On International Women's Day, we're celebrating women activists around the world who have insisted on a better world and persisted in the face of adversity.
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Feb 28, 2019
On 8 March, UN Women is observing International Women's Day to celebrate the tireless work of activists who are central to the global push for gender equality and who strive every day to make women's rights a reality.
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Feb 27, 2019
On 28 February, UN Women will broadcast a Facebook Live conversation ahead of the premiere of the film, SAINT JUDY
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Feb 27, 2019
Women account for 53.1 per cent of Parliamentarians in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the third-highest percentage globally. Adriana Salvatierra, a role model to many, became the fourth woman to be elected as the President of the Senate Chambers of Bolivia this year. The 29-year-old is also the youngest to hold this position in the country, and in Latin America.
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Feb 27, 2019
In the historical town of Banepa, 35-year-old Sulochana Timalsina runs a little shop, half of which is a grocery store and the other half a beauty parlour. The two units share a single space with different purposes for her clients, but one single purpose for this young entrepreneur - empowerment.
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Feb 25, 2019
Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visits Finland to meet with Finnish Government officials, Members of Parliament, private sector and the academia.
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Feb 20, 2019
UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér attended the first meeting of the G7 Advisory Council for Gender Equality in the Elysée Palace on 19 February, on behalf of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
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Feb 20, 2019
Bangkok, Thailand - Gender inequalities remain profound and entrenched across Asia and the Pacific, despite recent rapid economic progress. Women's inequitable access to health, education and other basic social services starts young and has a life-long, cumulative impact on their social and economic opportunities.
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Feb 20, 2019
Gerifel Cerillo is the coordinator of Tanggol Bavi, the Association of Women Human Rights Defenders in the Phillipines. Cerillo's organization works mostly with the urban poor in and around Manila, where infrastructure problems place a burden on women. In February 2019, Cerillo attended the Regional Civil Society Strategizing Workshop in Bangkok for the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women and Beijing 25 Review.
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Feb 19, 2019
Rajaa Altalli was 12 years old when her father was arrested by the Syrian government for being part of a political party. She thought she would never be involved in public life, but as the Syrian revolution erupted, she decided otherwise. Altalli is now a member of the Syrian Women's Advisory Board (WAB), established by the UN Special Envoy for Syria to ensure that women's perspectives and leadership is taken into account in the peace process.
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Feb 18, 2019
Angela Mwai leads the Gender Equality Unit at UN-Habitat and serves as the agency's Gender Focal Point. The Gender Equality Unit works to ensure gender perspectives are encompassed in all of UN-Habitat's work by mainstreaming gender equality and women's empowerment in all of UN-Habitat's policies, projects and programmes.
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Feb 18, 2019
Representatives from 19 Arab States governments and the international community have gathered from across the region to participate in the Arab regional preparatory meeting for the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) that took place in Cairo, Egypt on 4 February 2019
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Feb 18, 2019
Over 300 representatives from the African Union Member States came together to participate in the Africa ministerial pre-consultative meeting for the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) held in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 February 2019.
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Feb 18, 2019
Co-hosted with UN Women, P&G's first IMEA #WeSeeEqual Summit brought together business and government leaders, and influencers to share inspiration and surface insights around the myths that prevent us from accelerating our progress for gender equality.
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Feb 18, 2019
Co-hosted with UN Women, P&G's first IMEA #WeSeeEqual Summit brought together business and government leaders, and influencers to share inspiration and surface insights around the myths that prevent us from accelerating our progress for gender equality.
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Feb 17, 2019
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is visiting India this week to meet with gender equality advocates, youth and private sector partners to build momentum towards the upcoming 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (11-22 March), and to re-ignite public discourse towards the full implementation of the visionary Beijing Platform for Action.
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Feb 15, 2019
UN Women's new Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing Skill, "Stories on Gender Equality," captures the unique and powerful stories of people around the world, through compelling accounts of their daily sustainable development challenges and how they are bringing about change.
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Feb 13, 2019
From the words we use at work or with our loved ones to the assumptions we make about strangers, we can all be better at promoting equality in our daily lives.
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Feb 13, 2019
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka delivered closing remarks at the UN Women Executive Board first regular session 2019 on 12 February.
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Feb 12, 2019
In her opening remarks at the UN Women Executive Board first regular session 2019, Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said: "Together we can make the voices of women and girls vibrate everywhere ".
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Feb 12, 2019
Tchonko Becky Bessong is a popular radio presenter with CRTV, Cameroon's public radio and television broadcasting company. Over 20,000 Cameroonians tune in to her weekly programme ‘Calling the women'. In a recent conversation with UN Women, Ms. Tchonko talked about the situation of women's political participation in Cameroon and the role that media can play in raising awareness. In the 2018 elections the representation of women in the Senate increased from 20 per cent to 26 per cent.
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Feb 12, 2019
Tchonko Becky Bissong is a popular radio presenter with CRTV, Cameroon's public radio and television broadcasting company. Over 20,000 Cameroonians tune in to her weekly programme ‘Calling the women'. In a recent conversation with UN Women, Ms. Tchonko talked about the situation of women's political participation in Cameroon and the role that media can play in raising awareness. In the 2018 elections the representation of women in the Senate increased from 20 per cent to 26 per cent.
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Feb 11, 2019
On the sidelines of the African Union Summit, 11 girls from the African Girls can Code Initiative met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres to share their experiences and ambitions.
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Feb 07, 2019
More than 1,000 women are learning new skills through an online platform supported by the Moldovan Association of ICT Companies and UN Women, with the financial support of the Government of Sweden. The programme trains young women for ICT careers as front-end developers and technology creators.
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Feb 07, 2019
A look at three challenges women and girls face along their STEM journeys
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Feb 07, 2019
In a message for the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO highlight the importance of encouraging a new generation of women and girl scientists to tackle to major challenges of our time.
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Feb 07, 2019
In a message for the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO highlight the importance of encouraging a new generation of women and girl scientists to tackle to major challenges of our time.
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Feb 06, 2019
Ahead of Nigeria's presidential elections on 16 February, UN Women and partners have been
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Feb 06, 2019
The status of women's political participation in Nigeria is low, with less than 5 per cent of women holding political positions. Lois Auta, 38-year-old polio survivor from Abuja, is all about changing the status quo. Auta is a candidate in the upcoming elections for the House of Representatives and received capacity-building training from UN Women.
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Feb 05, 2019
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for this year's first regular session on 12 February at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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Feb 05, 2019
In a joint statement for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem, and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore, reaffirm their commitment to end this violation of human rights.
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Feb 04, 2019
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February, here are four women, among many, many more, who are fighting for girlhoods free of FGM.
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Feb 01, 2019
Sella Esther Sowa, 42, grows and sells vegetables to support her four children, her nephews and her parents in Kenema in the Eastern Province, Sierra Leone. When a dispute over land rights erupted within Sowa's family, she decided to take a stand.
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Jan 31, 2019
Ahead of the local elections in Turkey to be held in March, UN Women and the Women's Coalition brought together more than 100 women from across the country to discuss the monitoring of the elections.
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Jan 30, 2019
The Arab Women's Organization (AWO), a grantee of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, runs two women's centres to respond to the unmet needs of women and girl survivors of violence; serving both Syrian refugees and the local Jordanian community.
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Jan 30, 2019
The United Nations' gender equality entity puts spotlight on public services, income security, safe spaces and technology to advance progress for women and girls
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Jan 30, 2019
Awaho Talla is the first woman in her family to own land. Next, she plans on building a house that she can rent to supplement her income. In her tribe, socio-economic status is often determined by the number of cattle they own and women rarely own property or have decision-making powers in the family. But times are changing.
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Jan 23, 2019
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is in Denmark to attend the annual consultations with the Danish Government.
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Jan 22, 2019
Stories of five women entrepreneurs who are transforming their own lives and shaping better future for their families, communities and nations.
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Jan 21, 2019
Mereng Alima Bessela, age 50, is a successful entrepreneur from Ntui, in the Central Region of Cameroon. She is a cocoa farmer, which is traditionally farmed by men, has her own restaurant business and a fish farm. Like thousands of women in the region, Madame Bessala has no lack of acumen, but needs access to skills, markets and finance.
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Jan 21, 2019
The SADA Women Empowerment and Solidarity Centre provides livelihood skills and psycho-social support and referral services to refugees like Nur Omar and local women in Gaziantep, Turkey. Set-up by UN Women, the Centre helps women like Nur Omar learn new skills and start a brighter future.
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Jan 15, 2019
Merve Erbay, 21, became the first woman firefighter in the Turkish Parliament after outperforming competitors in the firefighting exam.
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Jan 14, 2019
Through UN Women's new programme to prevent human trafficking in Cambodia and Myanmar, three friends were able to start their own salon.
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Jan 10, 2019
After some resistance from her husband, Ibtissam Jaber joined Yanouh cooperative in rural South Lebanon. Jaber, a mother of seven, loves producing traditional agro-foods and believes in the importance of contributing to her household's income. By selling her products at food exhibitions across the country, she has now transitioned from being a small-scale producer to a profitable entrepreneur.
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Jan 08, 2019
Aung Ja* was 18 when a woman from Myitkina, northern Myanmar, convinced her to take a ‘factory' job in China. She was rescued in 2017 and is taking part in a UN Women-supported trafficking prevention programme.
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Jan 07, 2019
UN Women supports girls and young women in Mali to pass high school exams - and to pursue their dreams.
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Jan 02, 2019
In 2005, Myanmar passed an anti-trafficking law, but trafficking is still rampant in the conflict-affected state, especially in the northern region, where it borders China. A UN Women programme is supporting local partner, Htoi Gender and Development Foundation, in providing legal support and vocational training to survivors.
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Dec 24, 2018
Betty Mtehemu, Deputy Chairperson of Fabric Clothes Sector, and Chairperson of the Women's Union in Dar es Salaam's Mchikichini Market has seen how raising awareness of women's rights in the workplace has improved the safety of the market.
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Dec 21, 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, we're taking a look back at stories from some of the women who rose against injustice, defied stereotypes and inspired us all.
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Dec 20, 2018
UN Women expresses its concern in face of the acts of violence, intimidation and harassment against women human rights defenders and women's organizations in Nicaragua.
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Dec 19, 2018
Captain Anaseini Navua Vuniwaqa of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, participated in the ninth edition of the Female Military Officers' Course in April 2018. The course aims to bridge the gender gap in UN peacekeeping. Women currently represent only 4 per cent of the more than 80,000 UN Peacekeepers, despite their key role in preventing sexual violence during and after conflict, and their unique abilities to engage with the communities they serve, especially women and girls. Captain Vuniwaqa spoke to UN Women about women's role in preventing sexual violence during and after conflict, and their unique abilities to engage with the communities they serve.
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Dec 14, 2018
International Migrants Day provides us with a chance to reflect on the positive contributions that migrant women and men, and their families make in countries of origin, transit and destination, and reaffirms the importance of ensuring that their human rights are protected and promoted at all stages of migration.
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Dec 14, 2018
Jaha Dukureh, Regional UN Women Ambassador for Africa, is a survivor of FGM and was forced into child marriage at age 15. Recently, she participated at the "North Africa Sub-Regional Dialogue on Child Marriage and FGM/C", organized by UN Women Regional Office for Arab States and North Africa in November 2018. In this interview, Ms. Dukureh speaks to UN Women about how best to address the particular vulnerabilities faced by migrant women and girls.
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Dec 12, 2018
Verona Collantes is an Intergovernmental Specialist with UN Women and the focal point for the three Rio Conventions - climate change, desertification and biodiversity. She works with governments, UN entities and other non-government partners to ensure that intergovernmental processes and their outcomes incorporate a gender perspective. Dedicated to improving women's participation in global processes, Ms. Collantes works to ensure that women, including grassroots, indigenous and young women are represented in intergovernmental fora.
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Dec 11, 2018
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will visit China from 12-15 December. During her visit, the Executive Director will meet with government authorities, the All-China Women's Federation, UN country team representatives, media and private sector members.
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Dec 11, 2018
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will visit China from 12-15 December. During her visit, the Executive Director will meet with government authorities, the All-China Women's Federation, UN country team representatives, media and private sector members.
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Dec 10, 2018
Catharine A. MacKinnon is a radical feminist legal scholar and Advisor to UN Women's Executive Coordinator and Spokesperson on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination. As an expert in sex equality, women's rights and gender crimes, specifically sexual abuse and exploitation, she pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment as sex discrimination in the United States of America and has worked to raise awareness of sexual abuse as a violation of equality rights. MacKinnon also represented Bosnian and Croatian women survivors of Serbian sexual atrocities in 1992, establishing the legal recognition of rape as an act of genocide.
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Dec 10, 2018
Fundraising event for the life-changing work of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women held in Los Angeles, with #HearMeToo voices taking centre-stage
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Dec 10, 2018
As we close out the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence on Human Rights Day (10 December), we stand in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of women human rights defenders who are leading the fight for universal human rights and lives free from violence.
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Dec 10, 2018
UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, has warmly welcomed the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to raise the representation of Emirati women in the Federal National Council to 50 per cent.
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Dec 07, 2018
In a statement for Human Rights Day (10 December) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director UN Women, says: "Let us re-affirm our commitment to a world in which human rights, and women's rights, underpin justice, solidarity, harmony and prosperity for all".
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Dec 07, 2018
As world leaders convene to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Global Compact for Migration) in Morocco this week, ensuring that the voices, experiences and needs of migrant women and girls is at the heart of the discussions, is the clarion call issued by UN Women.
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