UN Women Statement on International Migrants Day, 18 December 2025
Migration: a powerful story of resilience, connection, and shared progress Today, on International Migrants Day, we celebrate migration as a powerful story of resilience, connection, ...
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Call to action: UNiTE to end digital violence against all women and girls
Statement and call to action to end digital violence against all women and girls by France on behalf of the High-Level Network on Gender-Responsive Policing ...
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How Yemeni women face – and fight – digital abuse and online harassment
With the rise of cyber blackmail and online violence, women in Yemen are breaking the silence and demanding more from the justice system. “The laws ...
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Statement: Human rights, our everyday essentials
UN Women statement for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2025 As the United Nations marks its 80th year, we return to the foundation of its Charter: ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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