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Speech: Gender equality at the heart of our vision: the engine driving sustainable development Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Interactive ...
The Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, set a 2030 deadline for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Now, with under 10 years ...
This repository reflects UN Women’s work addressing a critical and growing form of violence that disproportionately affects women and girls worldwide: technology-facilitated violence against women and ...
The International Men and Gender Equality Survey is the first multi-country study of its kind and size in the Middle East and North Africa. Coordinated by UN Women and Promundo, in collaboration with ...
Agenda hinges on realizing gender equality. UN Women calls on Member States, partners, and stakeholders at all levels to act ...
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.
Ocho años después de la firma del acuerdo de paz, las mujeres colombianas hoy siguen definiendo lo que significa la paz. ONU Mujeres las acompaña.
The Taliban takeover of Kabul on 15 August 2021 erased years of hard-won progress towards national peace and security. In the year since, the regime has systematically erased women from Afghan society ...
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.
Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating ...
Dubai/New York — On today’s gender day at the UN climate conference, COP28, in Dubai, UN Women launched its “Feminist climate justice: A framework for action” report. By 2050, climate change will push ...
UN Women unequivocally condemns the brutal attacks by Hamas on Israel on 7 October and regrets that military operations have resumed in Gaza.