UN Women3d
Speech: A gender-equal world is within our reach if we choose it
Remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the side event, “Beijing+30: Achieving gender equality, the ...
UN Women3d
Thirty years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Achieving gender equality, the rights and empowerment of women and girls
As the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for ...
UN Women9d
UN report urges immediate global action to close critical gender gaps
The latest edition of Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, launched today by UN Women and ...
UN Women13d
Ending violence against women
Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. Its impact ranges from immediate to long-term multiple ...
UN Women7d
Speech: We must step forward – The situation is not hopeless, and we are not helpless
I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the Council today. My thanks also to Slovenia for focusing this debate on women and girls. We have heard and will continue to hear today about the Taliban’s ...
UN Women6d
New Generation Equality accountability report reveals record-breaking USD 50.3 billion in gender equality commitments
New York, 19 September 2024 — UN Women has today launched the “Generation Equality accountability report 2024”, which uncovers significant progress on the commitments made by this multi-stakeholder ...
UN Women8d
Back to basics: Fighting for women’s rights under the Taliban
I was in Kabul on 15 August 2021 – the day the city was captured by the Taliban – acting as the representative for UN Women, a position to which I would later be formally appointed. The day started ...
UN Women8d
New research proves that inclusive advertising boosts sales and brand value
New York, 17 September - The Unstereotype Alliance, an industry-led initiative convened by UN Women, today published a first-ever global study which empirically proves inclusive advertising -content ...
UN Women14d
Why so few women are in political leadership, and five actions to boost women’s political participation
The United Nations promotes the principles that underly the ideal of democracy: peace, security, development, and human rights. In democratic systems, women and men have equal rights and are free from ...
UN Women14d
Speech: Our job is clear and its urgency apparent
Let me begin by congratulating the newly elected President, Ms. Zoraya del Carmen Cano Franco, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations, and the newly elected ...
UN Women15d
Speech: A coherent focus on results on the ground for women and girls
Welcome to our Second Regular Session of the UN Women Executive Board 2024. I welcome our new President H.E. Ambassador Zoraya del Carmen Cano Franco, Deputy Permanent Representative of Panama to the ...
UN Women12d
Advancing gender equality in the world of work
We stand with women workers worldwide in the fight to close the #genderpaygap and achieve equal pay for work of equal value. This persistent gap is a fundamental inequality that undermines women’s ...