15,000 women and girls in Gaza receive life-saving assistance from UN Women and the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization
Jordan, 26 February 2024 – 15,000 women and girls in Gaza will receive life-saving assistance, as a result of a partnership between UN Women and ...
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Over 8 million women and girls in Ukraine will need humanitarian assistance in 2024
[Also available in Ukrainian] Two years of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has taken thousands of lives, caused untold destruction, displaced millions, traumatized a generation, ...
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Press release: Australia’s Political Leaders Join UN Women Australia to ‘Count Her In’ this International Women’s Day
Canberra — Australian government, political and defence force leaders came together at Parliament House this morning to officially launch the Australian celebrations of International Women’s ...
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Press release: Michele Bullock, Governor of RBA, Headlines International Women’s Day 2024
Michele Bullock, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, to feature at UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day events nationally on 8 March. The exclusive virtual presentation ...
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Press release: Two mothers are killed in Gaza every hour as fighting exceeds 100 days
New York — The Gaza crisis is impacting women and girls at unprecedented levels with loss of life and catastrophic levels of humanitarian needs. This ...
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Press release: UN Women report reveals the devastating impact of the crisis in Gaza on women and girls
The conflict has already resulted in close to 493,000 women and girls’ being displaced from their homes in Gaza, and it has produced a growing ...
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Press release: The world is failing girls and women, according to new UN report
New figures point to the need of an additional USD 360 billion in investment per year to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030. ...
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Press release: UN Women Australia and i=Change partner to End Violence against Women in Papua New Guinea
UN Women Australia and i=Change have joined forces to better highlight some of the harmful issues facing women in Papua New Guinea, in a bid ...
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Press release: Gender Equality Placed on the Global Stage this FIFA Women’s World Cup
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 kicks off today, UN Women Australia and UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand are joining forces with FIFA to ...
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Press release: Less than 1 percent of women and girls live in a country with high women’s empowerment and high gender parity
New indices reveal globally women achieve only 60% of their full potential No country has achieved full gender parity and fewer than 1 percent of ...
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Strengthening the Resilience of Women and Girls to Disasters: Solomon Islands Government, Australia and UN Women launch new programme.
Honiara, Solomon Islands – A new programme to bolster women’s resilience and leadership for sustainable, secure and thriving communities in the Solomon Islands, in the face ...
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Charity Screenings of New Film Olga to support UN Women Australia’s Ukraine Emergency Appeal
A portion of all ticket sales from upcoming May 3 screenings of award-winning Swiss/Ukrainian drama OLGA will go to charity organisation UN Women Australia, which ...
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Australian Political Leaders come together to launch International Women’s Day
Australian government, political and defence force leaders came together at Parliament House this morning to officially launch the Australian celebrations of International Women’s Day – ...
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Cracking the Code with the ‘me too.’ Movement Trailblazers
Tarana Burke and Alyssa Milano Announced as Exclusive Headline Presentation for International Women’s Day Australia UN Women Australia is delighted to announce that the official ...
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Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights
Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and the Assistant Secretary-General for UN political, peacebuilding and peace operations, Khaled Khiari, spend four days ...
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Press release following UN Deputy Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director’s visit to Afghanistan
High-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General calls on Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban authorities to reverse course on recent decrees limiting women’s and girls’ ...
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