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New figures point to the need of an additional USD 360 billion in investment per year to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030. …
UN Women, as a supporter of women’s sport and partner of FIFA, welcomes FIFA’s decisive action with regard to the actions of the Spanish football …
Did you watch the game? That is a question many people were asking in taxis and on the streets around the world. What they were …
UN Women partnered with Mona Chalabi to illustrate the scope and the severity of the restrictions on women and girls’ access to public space and …
It is now two years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, during which time it has imposed the most comprehensive, systematic, and unparalleled assault …
Hira* is a former public servant in Kunar, Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Habib Sayed Bidell I grew up in an educated but conservative family. My family …
Arefa* is a teacher and midwife in Farah, Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Habib Sayed Bidell Before 15 August [2021], I worked as teacher and a midwife …
Ghotai* is a computer science student in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Habib Sayed Bidell One week before the Taliban takeover, I received my admission to …
Adela* is a teacher and protester in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Habib Sayed Bidell Before August 2021, I was a teacher. After August 2021, I …
On 15 August 2021, everything changed for women and girls in Afghanistan. First came the curbs on girls’ education and women’s right to work, then …
UN Women Australia and i=Change have joined forces to better highlight some of the harmful issues facing women in Papua New Guinea, in a bid …
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 kicks off today, UN Women Australia and UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand are joining forces with FIFA to …
New indices reveal globally women achieve only 60% of their full potential No country has achieved full gender parity and fewer than 1 percent of …
Since the start of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, large numbers of women, children, the elderly and other vulnerable groups have been internally displaced, with …
Mary, a South Sudanese refugee, has lived in Imvempi Refugee Settlement in Terego district in Uganda with her husband and three children since 2017. With …
UN Women Australia supports the constitutional recognition of a Voice to Parliament for First Nations peoples as reflected in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. …