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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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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Launch of Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls Phase II: Advancing Our Mission to End Violence Against Women and Girls
Suva, Fiji — Surrounded by over 200 partners in Suva and virtually, the Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls (Pacific Partnership) proudly announced ...
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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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‘Women peacekeepers are stronger than you think’ – Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Rubana Nowshin Mithila
As the United Nations prepares to mark the International Day of the UN Peacekeepers (29 May), paying tribute to the dedication and sacrifice made by ...
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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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Six months into the war on Gaza, over 10,000 women have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned.
New York/Cairo — Today, UN Women launches its latest Gender Alert on Gaza. Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among ...
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A year of suffering for Sudanese women and girls
[Also available in Arabic] Sudan’s current conflict, which marks its one-year point this week, is having a devastating impact on the people of Sudan, particularly ...
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Speech: ‘We can and must choose to end poverty for women and girls’
Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status ...
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Speech: ‘Be the light that brings hope and that accelerates progress towards an equal, sustainable, and peaceful future’
Opening remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the UN official commemoration of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024, UN headquarters [As ...
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1 in every 10 women in the world lives in extreme poverty
New York, 8 March 2024 – On International Women’s Day, UN Women calls for the world to “Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress” as the best ...
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