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Remarks by Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Representative in Sudan, speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, from Port ...
One million women and girls in Gaza are facing mass starvation, violence and abuse. Malnutrition is soaring and essential services have long collapsed, forcing women and girls to adopt increasingly ...
Ocho años después de la firma del acuerdo de paz, las mujeres colombianas hoy siguen definiendo lo que significa la paz. ONU ...
Fifteen Years, Fifteen Facts: Challenges and solutions for gender equality UN Women marks its 15th anniversary by calling for bold action and push forward for gender equality.
Afghanistan’s women are still fighting: Inside the fight for rights under Taliban UN Women continues to stand with Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule, supporting livelihoods, responding to ...
We reached a city’s worth of women in Ukraine "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. As a ...
Humanitarian funding cuts threaten women’s rights: What’s at stake and how to help UN Women’s latest research shows that half of women’s rights and women-led organizations in countries affected by ...
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 ...
Feeling like women’s rights are under attack? You’re not alone. Around the world, the hard-won progress toward gender equality is facing setbacks, with new challenges emerging every day. But here's ...
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 ...
What: Launch of the Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing report When: 6 March, 00.00 a.m. (midnight) ET Why: Ahead of the International Women’s Day on March 8, the Women's Rights in Review ...
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 ...