UN Women Australia partners with The Hatchery for Women Unlimited, Australia’s premier women’s leadership summit experience
Sydney, 12 November 2026: UN Women Australia (UNWA) and The Hatchery have announced a landmark partnership for the Women UNLIMITED Leadership Summit series. The three-year ...
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Release of UN Women’s “Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis” fact sheet at COP31
ANTALYA – As global leaders gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the thirty-first UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), UN Women warns that the climate crisis is ...
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1.5 billion women and girls live in climate hotspots, as UN Women urges stronger action at COP31
As world leaders gather in Antalya for the 31st UN Climate Conference, new UN Women data warns that 1.5 billion women and girls already live ...
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Launch of “Progress of the World’s Women 2026” at COP31
ANTALYA – As global leaders gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the thirty-first UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), UN Women warns that the climate crisis is ...
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Women and girls’ death toll in armed conflict doubles since 2021
At least 25 women and girls are killed every day as civilian deaths mount, sexual violence rises, and women remain largely excluded from peace negotiations. ...
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Speech: Do we have the courage to share power, the resolve to invest in women’s leadership, and the political will to turn our commitments into action?
Speech delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Security Council open debate on women and peace and security, UN ...
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The UN Secretary General’s report on Women, Peace, and Security
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the United Nations [As prepared] Before ...
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Nine in 10 organisations say trauma persists among women and girls displaced from El Fasher a year after its fall
Remarks by Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, to whom quoted text may be attributed, at press briefing at the ...
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Fathers get one-eighth of the paid parental leave of mothers – and everyone pays the price
The “parenthood gap” hurts not just mothers, but children and fathers as well, a policy brief by UN Women and the World Bank Group finds. ...
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The scale of destruction and suffering after three years of war in Gaza can be measured in the lives of women and girls
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the ...
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Media fact sheet: Nearly 50,000 women and girls killed or severely injured in Gaza in three years of war – one in 21 Gazan women and girls
[Also available in Arabic] Since October 2023, 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or seriously injured. UN Women estimates that nearly 50,000 ...
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UN Women Australia Asks: ‘How Much Longer?’ as Gender Equality Slips Further Out of Reach
New UN Women data shows not a single gender equality target is on track to be met by 2030, with funding at its lowest level ...
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Middle East escalation could leave 11.7 million more women and girls facing food insecurity by end-2026
Disruption to the Strait of Hormuz is driving up food prices and putting further strain on the livelihoods and household resources of millions of women ...
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Middle East escalation threatens food security for an additional 11.7 million women and girls by the end of 2026
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, to whom quoted text may be attributed, at the press briefing at the Palais des Nations ...
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UN Women launches the Digital, Innovation and AI Hub dedicated exclusively to gender equality
New global platform brings together researchers, governments, technology companies and women’s rights organisations to help shape AI and digital transformation in ways that advance gender ...
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WPS Focal Points Network brings ministers together at UNGA81 to advance women’s role in global security decision-making
The event, “Delivering on WPS: Consolidating implementation and accountability in a fragmented security landscape”, also marked the Network’s 10th anniversary. As armed conflicts continue to ...
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