UN Women    Opening speech by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Risk Reduction Hub a series of meetings held on the margins of the High Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction May

UN Women    Theme Together always United in diversity

UN Women    The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Monday to Wednesday June at UN Headquarters in New York

UN Women    Around the world families are on the front lines of the struggle for gender equality and can be make or break for women and girls when it comes to achieving their rights They can be places of love and support but too often are spaces where women s and girls rights are violated and their

UN Women    With the Sustainable Development Agenda deadline only seven years away there is still much work to be done to achieve SDG 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

UN Women    Gender equality and long term sustainable economic recovery cannot be achieved without first closing the gender digital divide

UN Women    UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous carried out a two day mission in Kenya where she saw UN Women s work first hand and met with civil society groups and partners to strengthen partnerships ignite public discourse towards Generation Equality and galvanize action for gender equality and

UN Women    Women s economic empowerment is an investment with high returns It was with this issue in mind that in Kazakhstan pledged to open Women s Entrepreneurship Development Centers WEDCs in all provinces and major cities of the country part of the country s commitments to UN Women s

UN Women    The Resilient Inclusive and Sustainable Environments RISE grants challenge is a groundbreaking mechanism to address gender based violence in environmental programming and climate vulnerable contexts Hosted by the International Union for the Conversation of Nature IUCN the RISE grants

UN Women    This Earth Day we re highlighting the crucial connections between sustainability and gender equality in policy business agriculture and beyond

UN Women    Digital skills are at the heart of the future of work Demand for those skills will only grow But access to build those skills and negative stereotypes about girls in STEM are leading to unequal outcomes Women and girls are per cent less likely than men to have sufficient knowledge and

UN Women    UN Women joins our partners in expressing our grave concern over the continued conflict in Sudan As in all crises this will surely have dire and disproportionate impacts on the lives of Sudanese women and girls We stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan and remain committed to supporting

UN Women    In the face of worsening climate change and environmental degradation UN Women and partners designed a specialized gender and environment survey to help National Statistics Offices close crucial data gaps on gendered impacts In Tonga the survey was rolled out between October and December

UN Women    In Lebanon where worsening economic conditions have hit women and girls hard period poverty is on the rise The Lebanese social enterprise Roof and Roots with support from ACTED and UN Women as well as funding from the Government of Japan has been working to address this problem on two fronts

UN Women    UN Women strongly condemns the Taliban s latest discriminatory decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan We stand in full solidarity with our colleagues and all women who everyday put their lives at risk to serve their country and we salute their dedication

UN Women    At an event that brought together more than representatives from Member States UN organizations academia and civil society the Elsie Initiative Fund EIF launched a third call for funding proposals to support the meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations

UN Women    At an event that brought together more than representatives from Member States UN organizations academia and civil society the Elsie Initiative Fund EIF launched a third call for funding proposals to support the meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations

UN Women    At an event that brought together more than representatives from Member States UN organizations academia and civil society the Elsie Initiative Fund EIF launched a third call for funding proposals to support the meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations

UN Women    New York March The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women UN Women signed a new Memorandum of Understanding today in New York

UN Women    UN Women Nepal with support from Government of Finland Fondation Chanel and UK Aid has been collaborating with the Ministry of Women Children and Senior Citizens of Nepal local governments World Food Programme United Nations Development Programme and civil society organizations to provide

UN Women    The th annual Commission on the Status of Women CSW the UN s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women s empowerment will take place this year from March under the theme Innovation and technological change and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality

UN Women    This year s Commission on the Status of Women marks a major milestone Together you have set the global normative framework on gender equality technology and innovation that will shape the lives of women and girls right across the world It is your collective commitment your energy your vision

UN Women    The th session of the Commission on the Status of Women CSW the UN s largest annual gathering on gender equality the empowerment of all women and girls and their human rights successfully closed its two week long session today to March with the acknowledgment of the critical role of

UN Women    A new kind of poverty now confronts the world one that excludes women and girls in devastating ways that of digital poverty The digital divide has become the new face of gender inequality which is being compounded by the pushback against women and girls that see in the world today That is why

UN Women    The th annual Commission on the Status of Women CSW the UN s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women s empowerment will take place this year from March under the theme Innovation and technological change and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality

UN Women    The th annual Commission on the Status of Women CSW the UN s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women s empowerment will take place this year from March under the theme Innovation and technological change and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality

UN Women    During the th session of the Commission on the Status of Women CSW the Mexican singer Magos Herrera in collaboration with the Italian composer Paola Prestini and other prominent musicians from around the world performed at the United Nations headquarters in New York The concert titled

UN Women    The th session of the Commission on the Status of Women CSW marked a momentous milestone for youth representatives who took part in an interactive dialogue around the CSW priority theme on Monday March The event organized by UN Women saw the inclusion of youth leaders in the official

UN Women    COVID climate conflict cost of living Over recent years the world has been rocked by repeated shocks and multiple overlapping crises Violent conflict is a deadly reality for billions of people while climate disasters are increasing in frequency and severity With progress on poverty

UN Women    In his February remarks to the General Assembly during the Consultation on the Summit of the Future UN Secretary General Ant nio Guterres urged Member States to commit to rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs

UN Women    Everywhere crises continue to exact their highest toll on women and girls Violent conflict displacement the growing climate emergency the repercussions of the global pandemic and vocal anti feminist movements have reversed generational gains in women s rights UN Women s Gender snapshot

UN Women    On March UN Women in partnership with the Generation Equality Action Coalitions on Feminist Movements and Leadership and Gender Based Violence GBV gathered partners from across sectors to exchange experiences and identify strategies to counter the pushback on gender equality and strengthen

UN Women    The gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality said United Nations Secretary General Ant nio Guterres during a town hall with women s civil society held on Monday March during the th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women The event moderated by UN

UN Women    The th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women is a global opportunity for us to celebrate the achievements of women and girls around the world and to deepen our resolve to accelerate progress on gender equality In dealing with a major issue at the centre of the advancement of women

UN Women    The event Open Safe and Equal Shaping a Feminist Digital Future was held at the UN Secretariat in New York on Tuesday March and brought together leaders from across sectors including governments civil society organizations women s rights activists UN agencies and the private sector

UN Women    Welcome to the Commemoration of International Women s Day It is inspiring to look out and to see so much blue and to see every single seat filled in this hall filled with energy with positivity with resilience and allow me to say with love and with power The blue today is in tribute to

UN Women    Valentina Mun oz is a year old feminist activist and programmer from Chile In she was selected by the UN Secretary General to serve as an SDG Advocate becoming the first Latin American women ever appointed to the role She is the co founder of the Association of Young Women for Ideas

UN Women    This International Women s Day March join UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating under the theme DigitALL Innovation and technology for gender equality

UN Women    Women and girls have just as much right to access the digital world and prosper in it as men and boys Their creativity knowledge and perspectives can shape a future where technology contributes to transforming social norms amplifying women s voices pushing forward against online harassment

UN Women    This International Women s Day March join UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating under the theme DigitALL Innovation and technology for gender equality

UN Women    Valentina Mun oz is a year old feminist activist and programmer from Chile In she was selected by the UN Secretary General to serve as an SDG Advocate becoming the first Latin American women ever appointed to the role She is the co founder of the Association of Young Women for Ideas

UN Women    Dilanaz Güler is a year old gender equality activist from Türkiye An advocate against femicide and online gender based violence she also works to promote digital literacy and critical media consumption and is the founder of the youth and adolescent led collective Youth for Digital Literacy

UN Women    Valentina Mun oz is a year old feminist activist and programmer from Chile In she was selected by the UN Secretary General to serve as an SDG Advocate becoming the first Latin American women ever appointed to the role She is the co founder of the Association of Young Women for Ideas

UN Women    Under the theme DigitALL Innovation and technology for gender equality UN Women the United Nations and its partners and allies around the world will celebrate International Women s Day IWD on March calling on governments activists and the private sector to power on in their

UN Women    Under the theme DigitALL Innovation and technology for gender equality UN Women the United Nations and its partners and allies around the world will celebrate International Women s Day IWD on March calling on governments activists and the private sector to power on in their

UN Women    Under the theme DigitALL Innovation and technology for gender equality UN Women the United Nations and its partners and allies around the world will celebrate International Women s Day IWD on March calling on governments activists and the private sector to power on in their

UN Women    This International Women s Day March join UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating under the theme DigitALL Innovation and technology for gender equality

UN Women    The Commission on the Status of Women CSW is a critical annual moment for us to steer progress on the global rights of women and girls and in particular the progress we are making towards SDG the goal that enshrines the drive for gender equality It is a moment where we collaborate to sharpen

UN Women    Sevgim ParÄ ltÄ is a professional chef and the owner of a restaurant in Ankara the capital of Türkiye Following the February earthquakes that struck cities in the country s southeastern region Parilti made the decision to travel to Ä skenderun one of the most affected cities to cook for

UN Women    In the first twenty years since the Security Council adopted resolution on women peace and security we witnessed some historic firsts for gender equality While we must pause to appreciate these firsts we must recall that we have neither significantly changed the composition of peace tables