8 actions to advance women’s role in peace and security
Women and girls are enduring conflicts in all regions of the world, from Haiti to Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, and beyond. In 2023, the proportion ...
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Call for action: Urgent humanitarian response for Gaza
Remarks by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Conference “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza,” in Sweimeh, Jordan ...
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Statement on Gaza by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
It is now more than 100 days since the horrors of the Hamas attacks on Israel of 7 October and the horrors that have followed, ...
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Speech: Now more than ever we must seek peace
Briefing by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the 9,484th meeting of the UN Security Council on “The situation in the ...
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An announcement from our Executive Director, Janelle Weissman
After more than 7 years championing the rights of women and girls in our region, UN Women Australia’s Executive Director Janelle Weissman is stepping down ...
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In the words of Miriam Coronel-Ferrer: “I became the first female negotiator to sign a final peace accord with a rebel group”
Rimu Sultana Rimu knows education is power. As a young Rohingya activist living in Cox’s Bazar, one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, she’s made ...
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Women, Peace and Security 2020
In October 2020, the UN Security Council will mark two decades since the landmark resolution 1325, which for the first time, enshrined the essential role ...
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UN Women Statement for International Day of Peace, 21 September 2020
Women’s peace power is vital for our world’s security Peace is a prerequisite for health, equality and human security. Our ability to live dignified, fulfilling ...
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