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Civil society and youth leaders engage with United Nations experts to push forward for gender equality
At a side event during the 69 th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) on 13 March, titled “Reflections and Resolve: Civil Society Pathways to Push Forward for Gender Equality”, UN Women brought ...
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For ALL women and girls: CSW69 event announces action agenda to accelerate progress on women’s rights
This year marks the 30 th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which remains the most revolutionary plan on gender equality to date. Despite this, progress ...
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Regional UN Women Ambassador Jaha Dukureh
Renowned activist Jaha Dukureh was appointed Regional UN Women Ambassador for Africa in February 2018. Herself a survivor of FGM, and forced into child marriage at age 15, Ms. Dukureh will dedicate ...
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Advancing digital and financial inclusion of women: CSW69 event highlights pathways to women's economic empowerment
As the world marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, global leaders gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss transformative approaches to ...
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One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024
Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programmes and institutions that ...
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Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity
Kyiv — Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States (US), a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the ...
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Speech: Pushing forward for progress – Priority actions to drive real change
Thirty years ago, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action united 189 governments in an ambitious blueprint for change. It set a course for a world where women and girls could live free from ...
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Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate
Geneva/New York — New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks ...
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Gen Z-ero tolerance for inequality: How youth are driving change for women’s rights in 2025
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 ...
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Working together to bring change – Generation Equality partnerships are poised to push for progress for ALL women and girls
Generation Equality – a multi-stakeholder partnerships initiative convened by UN Women and launched at the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – continues to drive ...
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Las funciones de liderazgo político en 2025: Continúa el predominio de los hombres
Ginebra/Nueva York — Nuevos datos de la Unión Interparlamentaria (UIP) y ONU Mujeres revelan escasos progresos en la consecución de la igualdad de género en las funciones de liderazgo político a ...
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Speech: We will not back down – A turning point to push forward for rights, equality, and empowerment, for all women and girls
This year marks three decades since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set forth a bold vision and game-changing roadmap for equality. In 1995, 189 governments came together in a ...