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In the northern Bolivian Amazon, a sustainable venture is involving the local community in processing wild fruits from the Amazon jungle, and at the same time, protecting the forests against felling of trees and pollution. Photo: UN Women/Teófila Guarachi.

In the Bolivian Amazon, women are protecting the forest and empowering themselves

While parts of the Amazon are in flames, communities in northern Bolivia are protecting their forests through a series of economic empowerment projects. Learn more

In Focus: World Humanitarian Day

On World Humanitarian Day, we share the stories of amazing women who scale impossible challenges every day in humanitarian settings, striving for a safer and better future for all. Learn more

Indigenous women walk along a road in Guatemala. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

On 9 August we celebrate International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, and highlight our work with indigenous women around the world as they strive for rights, protection and their rightful seat at any table where decisions impacting their lives are being made. Learn more

Candelaria Jax. Photo: UN Women/ Carlos Rivera

Social protection to domestic workers in Guatemala

A grantee of UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality is pushing for better income, health insurance, safer working conditions; and helping exploited domestic workers take their cases to the courts. Learn more

Mila Rodriguez with her Marimba. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

“When we sing, we feel free”

Mila Rodriguez is one of the young members of Colombia’s Cantadora Network, a network of singers using traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their culture and promote peace. Learn more

From where I stand: “It’s not just men who can do business”

Deyanira Cordoba belongs to a family of coffee growers of Tablon de Gomez, in the of Nariño region of Colombia. As part of a UN Women project, she has learned about her economic rights, bodily autonomy and more. Learn more

Step It Up – End Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean

This documentary presents UN Women's community-led intervention and advocacy efforts aimed at building a critical mass of individuals and groups engaged in activism against gender-based violence (GBV). Learn more

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Generation Equality

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women is launching a new campaign, “Generation Equality—Realizing women’s rights and an equal future”. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women and girls, health-care services that respond to their needs, and their equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life. More

Registration open for international seminar Promoting innovative financing through smart investment with a gender approach

Under the Win Win program: Gender equality is a good business, UN Women with the support of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and with the funding of the European Union organize the international seminar to present good practices of innovative investments with a gender perspective in the Latin American and Caribbean region, and in Europe, that will increase the access of entrepreneurs to financing, as well as investment in companies committed to equality or in those that produce goods... More
My Story: End Violence against Women and Girls

When it comes to ending violence against women and girls, we all have a story to tell. In up to eight words, create a short story about your experience of violence or support for survivors. Then, share your “story card” with the world. More

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Strategic note of the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean 2019 - 2020

This document contains the six strategic priorities of UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean, for the period 2019-2021.

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"We join victims and survivors who demand an end to sexual violence in conflict"

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

In a joint message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June), UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Executive Director of Justice Rapid Response Nina Suomalainen, stress the importance of preventing sexual violence by addressing its root causes, including gender inequality. More ►

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