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UN WOMEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE AUSTRALIA AND UNITED NATIONS HEFORSHE ANNOUNCE #MOREPOWERFULTOGETHER CAMPAIGN TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUALITY
Tonight iconic buildings and major landmarks across the globe will turn off half of their lights as part of the HeForShe Movement’s latest campaign, illustrating …
Statement: The invisible wounds to women and girls damage all of us
Joint statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director and Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Date: Sunday, August 19, 2018 As …
Crisis update: Women of Syria, eight years into the crisis
Eight years. Since the start of the conflict, the Syrian crisis has displaced more than 6.6 million people internally and seen more than 5.6 million …
UN Women statement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
UN Women joins our sister UN agencies in today’s recognition of the vital importance of the world’s indigenous peoples. At a time when human mobility …
Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, for International Widows’ Day, June 23, 2018
In many countries around the world, a woman who learns that she has lost her husband knows that the years ahead of her will involve …
UN Women Statement for World Refugee Day 2018
Crises are lasting longer, solutions need long-term strategies to empower women and girl refugees Right now, nearly 66 million people around the world are displaced …