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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Haiti opens first state-supported safe houses for women and girls, as gangs continue to weaponise sexual violence
Remarks by Marie Goretti Nduwayo, UN Women Representative in Haiti – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the ...
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UN Women statement for World Environment Day
Act #NowForClimate Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation are dramatically reshaping the lives of women, girls, and their communities, increasingly putting at risk their ...
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UN Women Afghanistan statement on Decree No. 18 issued by the de facto authorities
Statement by UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan, Susan Ferguson Kabul, Afghanistan – Decree No. 18, issued by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan, is ...
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For 50 years, women have been overrepresented in Ebola deaths – UN Women fears the current outbreak will follow the same pattern
Statement by UN Women delivered by Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. History has ...
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UN Women statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
At the heart of democracy. On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (17 May), under the 2026 theme, “At the heart of democracy”, ...
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War in Ukraine becomes deadlier for women and girls, more than 1,500 days after full-scale invasion
Remarks delivered by Sabine Friezer Gunes, UN Women Representative in Ukraine – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at ...
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Ongoing killing and displacement of women and girls in Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire
Remarks by Moez Doraid, UN Women Regional Director for Arab States – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at ...
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UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2026
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 June 2026 at United Nations headquarters in New York. The President of ...
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Reports to police of online violence against women journalists double since 2020, with one in four experiencing related anxiety and/or depression
Nearly half of women journalists report self-censorship on social media, and 22 per cent in their work due to online violence, according to a new ...
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Where is the humanity, when more than 38,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed?
From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, women and girls remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of their rights persists worldwide, ...
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