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Remarks by Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Representative in Sudan, speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, from Port ...
This International Youth Day, meet young changemakers from Brazil to South Africa driving local action for climate justice, gender equality, disability inclusion, and sustainable economic development.
Learn how years of advocacy led to Kazakhstan’s new domestic violence reforms, better support for survivors and more effective policing.
Drawing on a unique global dataset of nearly 5,000 measures adopted by 226 countries and territories in response to COVID-19, this UN Women and UNDP report finds that government responses paid ...
This booklet introduces the 10 Gender Equality Accelerators, through which UN Women addresses the need for strategic, context-specific action. By collaborating with allies and leveraging expertise, ...
“Beijing+30: From words to action” is a five-part UN Women policy paper series offering practical guidance to end violence against women and girls. Covering prevention, data, national action plans, ...
Afghan women and girls face increased risks of poverty, early marriage, harassment and exploitation amid a surge in returns to the country ...
Para que las niñas se encaminen a conseguir lo que desean, lo mejor es que practiquen deportes.
Are we on track to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls? This report brings together the latest available evidence on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development ...
Press release: Ahead of International Women´s Day, new UN Women report warns that progress towards gender equality is lagging and hard-fought gains are under threat Aligned with 2020 theme, “I am ...
The peace deal that put women first: What Colombia taught the world Eight years since the peace agreement was signed, Colombian women are still defining what peace means today. UN Women is standing ...
Furthermore, approximately 50 per cent of people in Northern Uganda have experienced land conflicts—the majority being women and widows—and 72 per cent of these conflicts are within households, ...