Statement: Fostering disability-inclusive societies to advance social progress
UN Women statement for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2025 Advancing social progress requires societies that respect the rights, dignity and leadership ...
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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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Statement: Recommit and resource the power of women and girls to transform the AIDS response
UN Women statement for World AIDS Day, 1 December 2025 This World AIDS Day comes amid deep uncertainty, and this year’s theme, “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS ...
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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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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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