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'Life has stopped. We didn’t sleep all night, paralyzed' – Women of Gaza report intolerable toll of the war
Since 18 March, Israel’s renewed and intensified attacks on Gaza have killed hundreds of civilians, including women and children, and over 142,000 newly displaced persons have nowhere to run for ...
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Press briefing by UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls
The end of the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is having disastrous consequences for women and girls. From 18 to 25 March—in just those 8 days, 830 people have been killed—174 women, 322 children, with ...
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Speech: The Political Declaration’s vision must be made real – Change is there now to be grasped
This Commission on the Status of Women has shown that, whatever the headwinds, the United Nations is still the place where consensus can be found on gender equality. As this 69th Commission on the ...
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Equal pay for work of equal value
Worldwide, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. As a result, there’s a lifetime of income inequality between men and women and more women are retiring into poverty. This stubborn ...
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Planet 50-50 by 2030 Campaign toolkit
Note: The Step It Up campaign ran in 2014–2015 and is no longer active. The campaign pages remain on this website for archival purposes. The Planet 50-50 by 2030 Campaign logo may be used by ...
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Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity
Kyiv — Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States (US), a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the ...
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One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024
Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programmes and institutions that ...
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Fast facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
New York, 7 March 2025 — Despite significant achievements in areas such as education over the last three decades, millions of adolescent girls across the world today are still out of school, ...
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For ALL women and girls: CSW69 event announces action agenda to accelerate progress on women’s rights
This year marks the 30 th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which remains the most revolutionary plan on gender equality to date. Despite this, progress ...
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Speech: We will not back down – A turning point to push forward for rights, equality, and empowerment, for all women and girls
This year marks three decades since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set forth a bold vision and game-changing roadmap for equality. In 1995, 189 governments came together in a ...
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69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
The 69th annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), taking place from 10 to 21 March at the UN Headquarters in New York, is a milestone moment for women’s rights. The UN’s largest annual ...
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Speech: We must choose rights, equality, empowerment for ALL women and girls
Welcome to our 50th International Women’s Day at the United Nations. It is a pleasure to be with you all. International Women’s Day is a powerful moment, and this year more than ever. The cause of ...