Speech: Multilateralism will only remain fit for purpose if it shares power, centres women’s leadership, and delivers for the people it serves
Opening remarks delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the UNGA 81 side event, “High-level dialogue on reinvigorating feminist multilateralism”, ...
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Speech: Let us be remembered as the generation that kept its promise to women and girls and made equality irreversible
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly Platform of Women Leaders, UN ...
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UN Women statement for International Equal Pay Day 2026
Women around the world still earn, on average, 20 per cent less than men. This gap is neither inevitable nor acceptable. Equal pay for work ...
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Women in the occupied West Bank increasingly cut off from daily life, living in fear amid rising violence and restrictions
As prepared remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing ...
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Speech: The progress shared from your own countries demonstrates what national leadership, strong institutions, and sustained partnership can achieve
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous during the closing of the second regular session 2026 of the UN Women Executive ...
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Speech: You gave us a mandate that has never been more relevant; and every day, together, we make it real
Remarks delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous during the opening of the second regular session 2026 of the UN Women ...
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A year since Afghan women staff barred from entering United Nations premises across the country
Statement by UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan, Susan Ferguson Kabul, Afghanistan – A year ago today, the de facto authorities reinforced the ban on Afghan ...
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UN Women at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81)
The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will open on 8 September 2026. Amid a record number of conflicts, stalled progress towards ...
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UN Women Executive Board to convene second regular session 2026
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its second regular session on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 September 2026 at United Nations headquarters in New York. The Acting ...
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UN Women statement for International Youth Day
Under the theme “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations”, this year’s International Youth Day (12 August) celebrates the aspirations of young people to live with dignity, contribute to their ...
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Joint statement on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons: Forced into crime – a call for protection, not punishment
On this World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) draws urgent attention to one of the fastest growing ...
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UN Women statement: Drone attacks by day and sexual violence by night leave no safe window for women and girls to collect water amidst rainy season in Sudan’s El Obeid
Khartoum/Nairobi/Geneva – UN Women is gravely concerned by the emerging pattern of violence against women and girls in El Obeid, Sudan, where drone attacks during the ...
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Aid cuts decimate services for women and girls as women’s organisations struggle to stay afloat
Remarks by Sofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the ...
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Speech: Our vision is clear, our movement strong, our resolve undeterred
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Executive Board Annual Session, at the UN Headquarters, on 23 June 2026. [As delivered.] Your ...
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Speech: Women, the largest and most reliable constituency for peace, ready to participate
Speech delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Security Council open debate on women and peace and security, UN ...
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UN Women statement: Women and girls account for the majority of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
Women and girls account for 53.4 per cent – or 244 of 457 – of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and ...
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