1,000 days of the full-scale war: Ukrainian women drive humanitarian response and recovery amid growing security threats
Kyiv/New York – As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its 1,000th day today, civilians, women, and girls in Ukraine are enduring deadly intensified attacks ...
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Paralympic Champion Madison de Rozario to Bring Inspirational Story to Brisbane Audiences for International Women’s Day 2025
Brisbane – Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder Madison de Rozario will be live in conversation at UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day (IWD) ...
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Celeste Barber, Comedian, Actor and Social Media Sensation to Headline UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day Events in 2025
Sydney – UN Women Australia is excited to announce that internationally acclaimed comedian, actor, and author Celeste Barber will be live in conversation at UN ...
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Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them
A Statement by the Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet ...
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War on women – Proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubles in 2023
UN paints dire picture of women in war: Despite rising conflict less than 10 per cent of negotiators in peace processes in 2023 were women. ...
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Which government policies do the most to keep women out of poverty?
By the close of 2024, UN Women projects that nearly 10 per cent of women and girls around the world will live in households in ...
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Statement: Rural women sustaining nature for our collective future
UN Women statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2024 The International Day of Rural Women recognises the critical roles and contributions of ...
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Marriott International Partners with UN Women Australia in Mission to Advance Gender Equality in Australia and the Pacific
As part of the two-year partnership, Marriott will fundraise $120,000 toward UN Women’s Markets for Change Program, Fiji by 2026 Sydney – Marriott International (ANZP) ...
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Secretary-General’s message to mark one year since the attacks of 7 October 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0POW_yXEo Today marks one year since the horrific events of October 7th when Hamas launched a large-scale terror attack in Israel killing over 1,250 Israelis ...
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‘March Forward’: UN Women Australia Announces International Women’s Day 2025 Theme
Sydney – UN Women Australia unveils ‘March Forward’ as the official theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025, commemorating 30 years since the United Nation’s ...
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Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence
New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced. ...
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How men and boys can push for gender equality
Gender equality benefits men and women in all their diversity—but for too long, it has been seen as solely a women’s issue. Men and boys ...
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HeForShe marks ten years with a movement of 2 million gender equality activists, welcomes new Champions
New York, 24 September 2024 – Since 2014, HeForShe has bolstered a global movement, engaging more than 2 million men and individuals of all genders in ...
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Progress on women’s rights and the Sustainable Development Goals – Takeaways from UN Women’s Gender Snapshot 2024
Gender equality is good for people, planet and peace, and investing in women and gender equality is urgent. If we don’t, it will cost us. ...
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New research proves that inclusive advertising boosts sales and brand value
New York, 17 September 2024 – The Unstereotype Alliance, an industry-led initiative convened by UN Women, today published a first-ever global study which empirically proves inclusive advertising -content which ...
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UN Women report urges immediate global action to close critical gender gaps
Investing in women and girls and ending discrimination are key to fulfilling the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development New York, 16 September ...
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