Seven in ten women human rights defenders, activists and journalists report online violence
Geneva – Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a tipping point, often fueling offline attacks, according to a new report ...
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National advocacy leaders unite to ask: what will it take to end violence against women and children?
UN Women Australia will mark Human Rights Day and the final day of the 16 Days of Activism with the release of a new 45‑minute ...
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Kate Jenkins AO and Professor Nareen Young Headline UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day 2026 in Brisbane
Two of Australia’s most influential advocates for equality and justice, Kate Jenkins AO and Professor Nareen Young, will take the stage for UN Women Australia’s ...
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Christine Holgate Announced for International Women’s Day 2026 Celebrations in Melbourne
Christine Holgate, Australian business leader, will be live on stage at UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day 2026 event in Melbourne, joining a line-up of ...
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Tara Rae Moss to Headline UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day Event in Perth
UN Women Australia is excited to announce that Tara Rae Moss – internationally bestselling author, award-winning advocate, keynote speaker, and holistic practitioner – will headline ...
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Digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world’s women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse
UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm. The digital world promised connection ...
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How Pakistan’s Anti-Rape Crisis Cells are transforming support for survivors
Survivors of sexual violence are finding hope and support through one-stop crisis centres that provide medical, legal and psychological care. Nadia*, a young tutor from Karachi, Pakistan, never imagined ...
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Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson to Headline UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day Events in 2026
UN Women Australia is excited to announce that internationally acclaimed Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson will headline UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day (IWD) ...
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UN Women calls for a strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to keep gender equality as a central pillar for climate action
As global leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the thirtieth UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Conference of the Parties (COP30), UN Women ...
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One in three organisations have suspended or shut down programmes on ending violence against women due to funding cuts
New York, 27 October 2025 – Sweeping aid cuts are dismantling the very organisations that are critical to ending violence against women and girls. The ...
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UN Women Australia Announces 2026 International Women’s Day Theme: “Balance the Scales”
UN Women Australia announces “Balance the Scales” as the official theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2026, highlighting the urgent need to ensure fair, inclusive, ...
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Closing the Gender Digital Divide Could Boost Global GDP by $1.5 Trillion and Lift 30 Million Women from Poverty
New York – The newly released Gender Snapshot 2025 report by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) shows that the ...
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Half the world, only a quarter of the news: Women appear or are heard in just 26 per cent of all broadcast, radio and print clips
Thirty years after governments pledged transformative change for women through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a new global study finds women remain almost ...
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Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education
New UN Women report finds 92 per cent of Afghans support girls’ secondary schooling. Kabul – Despite the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, Afghans across ...
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Afghanistan: Ten facts about the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis
Four years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, dozens of its directives have stripped Afghan women and girls of their rights to ...
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Afghan women and girls face increased risks of poverty, early marriage, harassment and exploitation amid a surge in returns to the country
In a new report, UN Women, CARE International and partners urge long-term support for women and girls. Kabul – Afghan women and girl returnees from ...
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