Gen Z-ero tolerance for inequality: How youth are driving change for women’s rights in 2025
Feeling like women’s rights are under attack? You’re not alone. Around the world, the hard-won progress toward gender equality is facing setbacks, with new challenges ...
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As the 69th Commission on the Status of Women opens, Member States adopt strong Political Declaration, committing to respect, protect and promote rights, equality and empowerment for all women and girls
As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, governments have adopted by consensus a powerful Political Declaration to respect, protect, and ...
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Speech: Gender equality – just, prudent, and essential to everything we all aspire to
[As delivered.] You have arrived at Agreed Conclusions for CSW68 [the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women]—congratulations! As the world was watching, ...
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UN Women welcomes the adoption of robust blueprint to end women’s poverty
The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) delivered today robust commitments by UN Member States to strengthen financing and institutions to ...
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‘We want to have our voices out there’ – Young women speak out at CSW68
Youth leaders from around the world have come together to discuss their vision for ending poverty and advancing gender equality at the 68th session of the ...
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Speech: ‘The patriarchy may be pushing back, but so are we’
UN Secretary-General’s remarks at the Townhall Meeting with Civil Society on the occasion of the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women ...
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68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, will take place this ...
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Your guide to CSW68
Everything you need to know about the largest global gathering on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at the United Nations. The 68th session ...
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Your guide to CSW67
From online learning and digital activism to the rapid expansion of high-paying tech jobs, the digital age has generated unprecedented opportunities for the empowerment of ...
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Opening remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the opening of the 65th Commission on the status of Women
[As delivered] On the 9th of March 2020, the 64th Commission on the Status of Women proactively took precautions and scaled down the session. Two days ...
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UN Secretary-General’s opening remarks at the 65th Commission on the status of Women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VLI6ivndro I am very pleased to address the Commission on the Status of Women. We meet for a second time in the context of the ...
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