The National Committee for UN Women is delighted to announce that five of our members have been selected to attend the 59th session of the ...

The Australian National Committee for UN Women is delighted to announce the election of Elizabeth Shaw, the first West Australian and first young woman as ...

Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) has taken another step in their commitment towards improving gender diversity within their business model by signing on to the Women’s ...

Funded by the Australian Civil-Military Centre, the National Committee has developed a training manual on women, peace and security. This manual provides an overview of ...

The Australian National Committee for UN Women welcomes the G20 Leaders’ commitment to closing the workforce participation gap between men and women by 25 percent ...

UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson delivered a powerful speech to the UN General Assembly on September 20 highlighting the importance of involving men in ...

September 5 is Equal Pay Day, marking the fact that Australian women are earning on average 18.2% less than women. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

During her visit to Australia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will launch the Beijing +20 Campaign. Hosted by Senator, ...

Released on 7 July, The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2014 examines the progress that has been made towards realising the MDGs. A set of ...

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Business SA and the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) are the latest Australian businesses to sign to ...

Across the world, women continue to earn less than men and do the majority of unpaid work. An Oxfam report on Monday finds that gender ...

A recent study has demonstrated the staggering cost of war on the world economy. Put together by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the Global ...

In her opening remarks at a global event on 26 June to launch UN Women’s Beijing+20 campaign, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka urged men ...

Australia is one of the top five donors to UN Women, according to the organisation’s 2013-14 Annual Report. The release of the Report coincided with ...

BC broadcast journalist and author Virginia Haussegger has been made a Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division (AM) in this year’s ...

Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague and the Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie, are hosting an international conference on ...