UN Women deeply concerned by new Afghanistan morality law
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 ...
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Finder’s Equal Pay Day Report: Key barriers to overcoming the gender pay gap
Sydney, Australia – Finder’s Equal Pay Day Report, launched in partnership with UN Women Australia, combines data from Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker (CST) with data from ...
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UN Women statement for World Humanitarian Day
Women at the heart of humanitarian action We honour the brave humanitarians worldwide who sacrifice their lives to aid those in need, and we join ...
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FAQs: Afghan women three years after the Taliban takeover
Afghanistan is currently grappling with multiple overlapping crises, all of which are exacerbated by escalating gender inequalities. The Taliban has issued at least 70 decrees ...
Read More → Press briefing at the United Nations Headquarters by UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan, Alison Davidian, on the three-year mark of the Taliban takeover
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 ...
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How an Olympic medal for women’s rugby helped efforts to end gender-based violence in the Pacific Islands
When the Fijian women’s rugby team won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, “I had hundreds of calls from girls in Fiji and ...
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Girls in Brazil call for ‘full and equal participation in sport, with safety and support’
A UN Women and IOC program in Brazil and Argentina empowered girls in sport with advocacy skills to identify barriers and propose solutions. Rebeca Cristina ...
Read More → Statement: The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights
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, ...
Read More → Persistent attacks of the Russian Federation on civilians worsen humanitarian situation in Ukraine
UN Women unequivocally condemns the Russian Armed Forces’ attack on Friday, 28 June 2024, which struck a residential apartment building in Dnipro city, resulting in ...
Read More → Media briefing at the Palais des Nations by Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine
From 10 – 18 June, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine visited Gaza and met with representatives of women-led organisations providing vital services on the ...
Read More → UN Women statement for World Refugee Day
On World Refugee Day, UN Women urges that governments recognise the rights of women and girl refugees and make substantial investments to provide the services, ...
Read More → UN Women statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
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 ...
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Call for action: Urgent humanitarian response for Gaza
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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Palestinian women-led organizations must be at the forefront of the humanitarian response in Gaza and the West Bank
[Also available in Arabic] 80% of women in Gaza depend on food assistance to survive, and women-led organizations are uniquely equipped to support them, according ...
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Documentary series shares stories of women’s survival, hope, and activism
“It’s a miracle I’m alive”, says Maria Maldonado, from Argentina. Like many women across the world, she has survived years of abuse from an intimate ...
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Intensified military operations will bring increased death and despair for Rafah’s 700,000 women and girls.
[Also available in Arabic] New UN Women survey data from Rafah highlights the depth of physical and mental despair, with 93% of women interviewed feeling ...
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