Speech: Every space, on or offline, must be one of safety, dignity, and equality, for all women and girls
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the official United Nations commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of ...
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South Africa’s G20 Women’s Shutdown – a turning point for ending gender-based violence and femicide?
On 21 November, just days before the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, South African women brought their country to a standstill with a ...
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Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Gaza
I have just returned from Gaza. With our UN Women team on the ground, I travelled the entire length of the Gaza Strip, from Jabalia ...
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Statement: Women human rights defenders: Resisting pushback, powering progress
UN Women statement for the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders, 29 November 2025 Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are at the forefront of ...
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Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members
In 2024, 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members – one every 10 minutes – according to data released today ...
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Call to action: UNiTE to end digital violence against all women and girls
Joint statement and call to action to end digital violence against all women and girls, on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International ...
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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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UN Women welcomes the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan and urges its effective implementation
Belém, Brazil – UN Women welcomes today’s outcome at COP30 and, in particular, the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP) as a blueprint for ...
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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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Briefing remarks on the situation of women and girls in Sudan
From the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, called for the protection and prioritisation of ...
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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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Statement: Thousands of women and girls displaced as Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the Caribbean
S Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, has caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean. With sustained winds of 295 km/h and a central pressure ...
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Gender-responsive climate and environmental action
Towards greater gender equality and a safer, healthier planet for all. The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very ...
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Statement: UN Women calls for urgent protection of women and girls in El Fasher, Sudan
UN Women expresses deep alarm and condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the ongoing attacks against women, girls and civilians in and around El Fasher. For more ...
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