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Oct 22, 2024
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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Oct 21, 2024
Since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, women's rights organizations and women leaders have been providing humanitarian assistance, advocating for women's rights, taking on leadership roles in business and in politics, and many have joined the armed forces.
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Oct 17, 2024
As temperatures reach new highs and climate change impacts intensify, women who are defending their land, water and ecosystems are paying a high price.
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Oct 15, 2024
UN Women's latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection - the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare - leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty.
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Oct 11, 2024
UN Women statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2024
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Oct 08, 2024
The theme of this year's International Day of the Girl is, ‘Girls' vision for the future'. Research from UNICEF shows that girls are not only courageous in the face of challenges, but hopeful for the future. Today, and every day, is an opportunity for the world to get behind their vision, invest to build an equal, and better future.
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Oct 03, 2024
Intensified hostilities began in October 2023 and have escalated since 23 September 2024, disrupting women's livelihoods in Lebanon and increasing their needs for protection, shelter, food, and health and cash assistance, according to a recent Gender Alert by UN Women.
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Oct 02, 2024
Signed at the IOM office in Geneva, the new agreement brings stronger gender-responsive migration policies and humanitarian responses; enhances gender data collection and analysis to drive policies and responses; and helps with the implementation of joint programs in humanitarian and development contexts.
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Sep 27, 2024
The new ASEAN Gender Outlook 2024, presented at the United Nations General Assembly, showcases new gender data across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Sep 27, 2024
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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Sep 27, 2024
Hodan Addou, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa a.i., spoke about UN Women's new report on the situation in Sudan.
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Sep 27, 2024
New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced.
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Sep 25, 2024
Remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the HeForShe Summit 2024, 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner, Guastavino's, New York City, 24 September 2024.
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Sep 24, 2024
Remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly Platform of Women Leaders, during the high-level segment of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, 24 September 2024.
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Sep 24, 2024
Following the 7 October 2023 brutal attack by Hamas on Israel, and the ensuing Israeli military bombardment of Gaza, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs.
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Sep 24, 2024
Since 2014, HeForShe has bolstered a global movement, engaging more than 2 million men and individuals of all genders in championing gender equality. This unique initiative, led by UN Women, has driven 3 billion conversations on topics ranging from closing the pay gap to combating violence against women, reaching more than 36 million people in 2023 alone, including those in crisis-affected areas. In 2023 alone, HeForShe has engaged more than 300,000 employees across multiple member organizations, putting gender equality at the center of the conversations at workplaces, with at least USD 5.7 million in direct investments towards gender equality.
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Sep 23, 2024
A statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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Sep 22, 2024
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the launch of the report, "Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2024", 21 September 2024, UN headquarters.
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Sep 21, 2024
As the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action approaches, global leaders, activists, youth, civil society organizations and other stakeholders gathered on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly to discuss and shape the global gender equality agenda at a high-level event, "Beijing 30: Achieving Gender Equality, Rights and Empowerment for All Women and Girls" at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Sep 21, 2024
Remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the side event, "Beijing 30: Achieving gender equality, the rights and empowerment of all women and girls", Summit of the Future, Action Day 2, 21 September 2024, UN headquarters.
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Sep 19, 2024
UN Women has launched the "Generation Equality accountability report 2024", which uncovers significant progress on the commitments made by this multi-stakeholder initiative since its inception in 2021.
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Sep 19, 2024
UN Women has launched the Generation Equality Accountability Report 2024, which uncovers significant progress on the commitments made by this multi-stakeholder initiative since its inception in 2021.
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Sep 18, 2024
Speech delivered by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, to the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, 18 September 2024, at UN Headquarters.
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Sep 17, 2024
In an article originally published in 'The Art of Leadership Report: Our duty to find new forms 2024', produced by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan, Alison Davidian, calls for investment in women's empowerment and protection and for a long-term commitment to this struggle in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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Sep 17, 2024
The Unstereotype Alliance, an industry-led initiative convened by UN Women, today published a first-ever global study which empirically proves inclusive advertising -content which authentically and positively portrays a full range of people and is devoid of stereotypes -has a positive impact on business profit, sales and brand value.
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Sep 16, 2024
After the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, followed by the Israeli Armed Forces' strikes on Gaza, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs.
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Sep 16, 2024
At a press conference in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda delivered these remarks at the launch of the latest Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024.
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Sep 16, 2024
The latest edition of Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, launched today by UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, reveals that progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women's and girls' empowerment. Women hold one in every four parliamentary seats, a significant rise from a decade ago. The share of women and girls living in extreme poverty has finally dipped below 10 per cent following steep increases during the COVID-19 pandemic years. Up to 56 legal reforms have been enacted worldwide that seek to close the gender gap since the first Gender Snapshot.
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Sep 13, 2024
UN Women statement for International Equal Pay Day, 18 September 2024.
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Sep 11, 2024
Closing remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board.
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Sep 10, 2024
On the International Day of Democracy on 15 September, and in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action—the most comprehensive global agenda for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls—find out why there are so few women in decision-making and what can be done to close the gap.
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Sep 10, 2024
Opening Statement of UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board.
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Sep 05, 2024
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) marks a crucial opportunity to put gender equality at the center of the global discussions towards Sustainable Development.
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Sep 04, 2024
On 28 November 2023, city mayors from around the world gathered at the Fourth Global Meeting of Mayors on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, in Quito, Ecuador, co-organised by UN Women and the City of Quito and supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.
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Aug 29, 2024
The Government of Pakistan's Health Services Academy has committed to introducing a four-year graduation programme in midwifery.
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Aug 28, 2024
UN Women is deeply concerned about the recent enactment of a morality law by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan, which imposes extensive restrictions on personal behavior, effectively erasing women from public life and granting broad enforcement powers to the morality police.
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Aug 28, 2024
On the 17th of September, UN Women together with the governments of Iceland and Tanzania, marked the midpoint moment for Generation Equality to bolster its agenda for gender equality acceleration at a critical time for women's rights. Generation Equality is the world's leading initiative to boost investment and implementation of gender equality. It brings together organizations from all corners of society to catalyze progress, push for change and take bold actions together.
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Aug 26, 2024
As nations begin to rebuild after Hurricane Beryl and brace themselves for even more storms, UN Women has been on the ground and working to ensure that women are fully integrated into recovery efforts.
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Aug 21, 2024
On the occasion of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on July 15, 2024, UN Women convened feminists, experts, UN officials and other key development actors to present and discuss the Gender Equality Accelerators (GEAs) for the SDGs, particularly SDG 5. The Accelerators are solutions to drive focused, collective action to speed and scale up results for women and girls.
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Aug 19, 2024
Open-letter signed by 413 humanitarian organizations around the world who are calling for the protection of civilians, including their staff.
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Aug 15, 2024
We honour the brave humanitarians worldwide who sacrifice their lives to aid those in need, and we join this year's call to #ActForHumanity.
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Aug 13, 2024
UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan, Alison Davidian, spoke at the noon briefing at the UN Headquarters about the state of women and girls three years since the Taliban takeover.
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Aug 12, 2024
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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Aug 09, 2024
UN Women statement for International Youth Day, 12 August 2024
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Aug 08, 2024
Hawa Yokie is a youth leader and part of UN Women Generation Equity Youth Task Force. She is also the co-founder and CEO of the Kamara Yokie Innovation Center in Sierra Leone - the first of its kind in the country, offering a safe, multicultural space for young people to learn digital technologies.
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Aug 07, 2024
The?UN Women Executive Board?will convene for its second regular session from 10 to 11 September 2024 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (Conference Room 1).
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Aug 07, 2024
Statement delivered by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, to the UN Security Council meeting on Sustaining WPS Commitments in the context of accelerated drawdown of peace operations.
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Aug 05, 2024
UN Women has worked with local women's rights groups to support women and girls in Sudan and in exile since the country's conflict began. UN Women recently spoke with Shaza Ahmed, the Executive Director of Nada El Azhar, a Sudanese women-led organization providing assistance to survivors of gender-based violence, mental health support, and life-saving provisions as part of a famine prevention plan.
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Aug 01, 2024
Jepkosgei is leading the U20 World Athletics Athlete Refugee Team (ART) at the Paris 2024 Olympics. For over two years now, she has been the team's head coach based at Kakuma, a resettlement camp located in Kenya. The one-time world champion, an Olympics silver medalist, a Diamond League Final winner and World Championships silver medalist discusses with UN Women her transition from running to coaching, a rare move for female athletes in Kenya, and why there's need for more female coaches in sports.
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Jul 30, 2024
This statement affirms the commitment of the IASC Principals to actively prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment by humanitarian workers, and the role of Humanitarian Coordinators and Humanitarian Country Teams to implement PSEA commitments in all response operations.
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Jul 26, 2024
More women in the Pacific region are also getting involved in coaching, match officiating, and leadership roles within the rugby community. One programme aiming to contribute to these efforts by supporting boys and girls' involvement in the sport is Get into Rugby PLUS, supported by UN Women through the Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls.
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Jul 22, 2024
A UN Women and the International Olympic Committee programme in Brazil and Argentina empowered girls in sport with advocacy skills to identify barriers and propose solutions. A cohort of 15 young women from Brazil and another 30 from Argentina recently completed the "OWLA Participate" programme.
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Jul 19, 2024
Women and girls around the world are facing significant threats, from wars and conflicts to devastating climate change, widening economic inequalities, and pushback on their rights and freedoms. These threats were at the top of the agenda of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the main UN platform to assess progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Jul 19, 2024
In 2015, UN Member states universally adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, encompassing three core elements: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Together, these interconnected principles form the basis of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which provide a blueprint for progress across all areas of life. Gender has its own Goal, SDG 5—with the ambition of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls—and is mentioned explicitly in 10 of the other Goals. Each SDG contains specific objectives that can be measured and tracked over time, allowing us to check our progress as we approach the 2030 deadline. There are nine objectives within SDG 5, which UN Women and UNDESA take annual stock of in our Gender Snapshot report. Learn more about these nine objectives, and find out how near—or far—we are from reaching them in 2022.
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Jul 18, 2024
Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine, spoke at the noon briefing at the UN from Jerusalem about her visit to Gaza in June.
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Jul 17, 2024
A recent report by UN Women shows the alarming living conditions and lack of security faced by 300,000 displaced women and girls in Haiti, exacerbated by ongoing political instability, escalating gang violence, and hurricane season further threatening the Caribbean Island.
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Jul 15, 2024
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
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Jul 15, 2024
With the Sustainable Development Agenda deadline only seven years away, there is still much work to be done to achieve SDG5, which calls for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. UN Women research indicates that at the current rate of progress, it will take centuries to reach this goal. However, gender bonds offer a promising solution for direct financing towards projects that reduce gender inequalities and promote women's empowerment.
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Jul 11, 2024
Statement by UNFPA, WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, and UN Women marking World Population Day 2024.
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Jul 05, 2024
Women's sports are on a winning streak, reaching new heights and shattering records. From the Olympics achieving gender parity to the growing audience for women's sports, there is much to celebrate and explore. Yet many gender gaps remain. Here are five key things to know about women and sport:
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Jun 28, 2024
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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Jun 28, 2024
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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Jun 28, 2024
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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Jun 28, 2024
Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls. Defined as an intentional killing with a gender-related motivation, femicide may be driven by stereotyped gender roles, discrimination towards women and girls, unequal power relations between women and men, or harmful social norms. Despite decades of activism from women's rights organizations as well as growing awareness and action from Member States, the available evidence shows that progress in stopping such violence has been deeply inadequate.
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Jun 28, 2024
By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food insecurity. The climate crisis fuels increases in conflict and migration, as well as exclusionary, anti-rights political rhetoric targeting women, refugees, and other vulnerable groups. Those dire trends—and ways to reverse them—are charted in a new report by UN Women titled "Feminist climate justice: A framework for action."
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Jun 28, 2024
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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Jun 28, 2024
Those who are most affected by climate change today-women, girls and marginalised communities-must be involved in the design and implementation of climate response actions to ensure the equal sharing of benefits.
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Jun 28, 2024
From online learning and digital activism to the rapid expansion of high-paying tech jobs, the digital age has generated unprecedented opportunities for the empowerment of women and girls. But advancing technology is also introducing new forms of inequality and heightened threats to their rights and well-being. In the face of escalating global crises, we stand at a crossroads: allow technology to widen existing disparities and further concentrate power in the hands of the few, or put it to work on behalf of a safer, more sustainable, more equitable future for all. The choices we make today will profoundly impact our path forward. Here are four steps we can take in the right direction.
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Jun 28, 2024
Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world, affecting one in three women. Addressing and eradicating it requires more than just reacting to violence when it happens; it mandates proactive and innovative solutions.
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Jun 28, 2024
Ending violence against women is everyone's business. Here are ten ways you can make a difference, safely and effectively. The article includes links to useful resources and helplines should you be worried about a woman or girl's safety.
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Jun 28, 2024
Despite the enormous potential of technology, digital tools, and the internet, these have also perpetuated gender disparities and introduced new forms of oppression for women and girls.
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Jun 27, 2024
Through the Young Women for Life Movement, young women in South Africa have found ways to break free of the cycle of poverty and violence. The movement-building programme, supported by the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops Conference and Peace Commission, UN Women and UNAIDS, works with poor and marginalized women and girls, including those affected by gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS.
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Jun 27, 2024
From 10 - 18 June, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine visited Gaza and met with representatives of women-led organizations providing vital services on the ground. This is a summary of her briefing to the media upon return at the Palais de Nations, Geneva.
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Jun 27, 2024
A high risk of famine persists across the Gaza Strip as long as the ongoing conflict continues and humanitarian access remains restricted, according to a new report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).
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Jun 23, 2024
Globally, women's underrepresentation in decision-making remains as a stark reality, according to UN Women's global data on Women Political Leaders 2024. UN Women's new data on gender parity across leadership positions is published as the world commemorates the International Day for Women in Diplomacy on June 24, created to recognize and celebrate the ways in which women are breaking barriers and making a difference in the field of diplomacy.
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Jun 20, 2024
Closing remarks by Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, at the Executive Board Annual Session.
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Jun 19, 2024
On World Refugee Day, UN Women urges that governments recognize the rights of women and girl refugees and make substantial investments to provide the services, support, and protection they urgently require.
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Jun 19, 2024
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, and every day, UN Women unequivocally condemns all acts of sexual and gender-based violence wherever, whenever, and against whomever they are perpetrated.
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Jun 19, 2024
While recent decades have marked major advances for LGBTIQ people's human rights, today an estimated 2 billion people live in places where consensual same-sex relations are criminalized, in some contexts, punishable by death. It is estimated that only 37 countries grant asylum to persons experiencing discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, or sex characteristics. Here are five takeaways from UN Women's latest research on the migration experiences of LGBTIQ people.
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Jun 18, 2024
Opening Statement of UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Annual Session of the Executive Board, June 18, 2024
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Jun 14, 2024
Half of all refugees are women, yet their voices are often absent from decision-making. A UN Women programme in Uganda trains women refugees to lead. On World Refugee Day (20 June), get inspired by the story of Grace Neima Khemis.
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Jun 14, 2024
Uganda hosts 1,644,870 refugees today, and nearly 56 per cent of them have come from South Sudan, fleeing conflict and hunger. Globally, nearly half of all people forced to flee are women and girls, carrying untold stories of resilience and unseen potential. Often, the communities they escape to are also poor. Yet, they persevere, dream and break barriers in search for a better life. On World Refugee Day, meet three women who broke stereotypes and are inspiring others to do the same.
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Jun 14, 2024
Even as the backlash against gender equality and rights intensify, only an estimated 37 countries grant asylum to persons experiencing discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, or sex characteristics (SOGIESC). A new paper by UN Women shows that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ ) migrants face heightened risk of human rights violation at all stages of migration. UN Women spoke to migration expert and activist Rey Perez Asis, from Manila, Philippines, about the challenges.
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Jun 14, 2024
While recent decades have marked major advances for LGBTIQ people's human rights, today an estimated 2 billion people live in places where consensual same-sex relations are criminalized, in some contexts, punishable by death. It is estimated that only 37 countries grant asylum to persons experiencing discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, or sex characteristics. Here are five takeaways from UN Women's latest research on the migration experiences of LGBTIQ people.
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Jun 12, 2024
N Women Ukraine has spearheaded a new effort, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: the "Alliance for Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Recovery" which was launched at the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 12 June 2024 in Berlin.
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Jun 12, 2024
Remarks by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Conference "Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza," in Sweimeh, Jordan.
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Jun 09, 2024
Women's rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce struggle over regimes and generations, but the oppression that Afghan women and girls are experiencing since August 2021 is unmatched in terms of scale and generational impact.
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Jun 09, 2024
UN Women's latest Gender Alert on the war on Gaza reveals the staggering challenges Palestinian women-led organizations face, highlights their unwavering commitment to save lives, and calls for urgent, coordinated investments in their operations on the ground.
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Jun 04, 2024
Feminist climate justice seeks a world where everyone can flourish on a healthy and sustainable planet, where those in power serve and are accountable to all, particularly marginalized groups such as women and girls. Achieving this will take action on many fronts—to strengthen democracy, human rights, and global collaboration.
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Jun 03, 2024
UN Women statement for World Environment Day, 5 June 2024
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May 31, 2024
Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk of famine, displaced from their lands, living under bombardments, and cut off from humanitarian assistance.
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May 31, 2024
Achieving gender equality in SIDS demands a response that overcomes the nations' obstacles and transforms their vulnerabilities into tools of resilience, innovation, and equality.
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May 30, 2024
Panama Ambassador and President of the UN Women Executive Board Markova Concepción Jaramillo, accompanied by the ambassadors of Sweden and Côte d'Ivoire, and representatives from Poland, conducted a landmark visit to Moldova, Ukraine, and Poland from 14 to 24 May 2024, to strengthen partnerships and advance gender equality amidst the challenging context of the region. The Executive Board is the governing body responsible for providing intergovernmental support and overseeing the operational activities of UN Women.
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May 28, 2024
Remarks to the Security Council "Maintenance of international peace and security: the role of women and young people" by Sima Bahous, USG and UN Women Executive Director
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May 28, 2024
State and non-state actors in many countries are attempting to roll back hard-won progress and further entrench stigma, endangering the rights and lives of LGBTIQ people. These movements use hateful propaganda and disinformation to target and attempt to delegitimize people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, and sex characteristics.
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May 23, 2024
As the United Nations prepares to mark the International Day of the UN Peacekeepers (29 May), paying tribute to the dedication and sacrifice made by peacekeepers around the world, UN Women spoke to Lieutenant Colonel Rubana Nowshin Mithila about her experience as a woman in peacekeeping.
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May 23, 2024
Every month, more than two billion people[1] around the world menstruate. Although a natural and healthy process, menstruation - or period - interrupts lives, rights and freedoms of millions of women and girls, because they cannot afford or access menstrual products, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, and lack education and awareness to manage their menstrual health and hygiene.
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May 23, 2024
Millions of women and girls worldwide still cannot afford menstrual products or access water and sanitation facilities to manage their menstrual health and hygiene. Periods make them miss school, work, and negatively impact their health, but it does not have to be that way. Find out what is period poverty and who is affected.
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May 22, 2024
The world has a gender equality problem, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) mirrors the gender bias in our society. Although globally more women are accessing the internet every year, in low-income countries, only 20 per cent are connected. The gender digital divide creates a data gap that is reflected in the gender bias in AI.
Who creates AI and what biases are built into AI data (or not), can perpetuate, widen, or reduce gender equality gaps.
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May 16, 2024
The theme of this year's International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, ‘Leave No One Behind: Equality, Freedom and Justice for All', underscores the urgent need to address the persistent discrimination, violence, and marginalization faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ ) persons worldwide.
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