The latest edition of Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, launched today by UN Women and ...

Opening Statement of UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board.

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 ...

En la última edición de El progreso en el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: Panorama de género 2024, ...

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 ...

Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. Its impact ranges from immediate to long-term multiple ...

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) opens on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, with the high-level ...

From the local to the global level, women’s leadership and political participation are restricted. Women are underrepresented as voters, as well as in leading positions, whether in elected office, the ...

Stela attends the eighth grade and her dream is to become a world boxing champion. Photo: UN Women Moldova/ Diana Savina. The world of women’s sports is undergoing a game-changing transformation, ...

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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 ...