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Intergenerational Peacebuilding Month
Peacebuilding and social cohesion with an intergenerational perspective are fundamental issues relevant to our work. Learn more
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September 5: Indigenous Women's Day
UN Women calls for the visibility of the fundamental role of indigenous women.  Learn more
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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
This year, the theme, which focuses on "Indigenous Languages", calls for the revitalization, preservation, and promotion of indigenous languages worldwide.  Learn more
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Statement: In solidarity, we honour the global humanitarian community

Statement by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, for World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2022

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Caminando: a project promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in humanitarian action in Ecuador's border areas

In Ecuador, in response to the migration and human mobility crisis, mechanisms and actions for reception, protection and humanitarian assistance have been implemented.

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Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a world for all ages

UN Women commemorates International Youth Day by kicking off our Intergenerational Peacebuilding Month.

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Speech: Re-calibrating our global conversation on care
16/09/2022
Domestic and care work is a feminized sector with high informality and low salaries.
06/09/2022
How to protect the human rights of indigenous girls and women in Latin America and the Caribbean?
18/08/2022
In the words of Elizabeth Araúz: "teamwork has the potential to double and triple in achievements if you have several hands and hearts set on the same objective: to work so that humanitarian actions have a gender differentiated approach".
18/08/2022
In the words of Estefanía Corella: "The Caminando project has made me an ally and defender of the right to universal mobility, which goes hand in hand with the exercise of human rights".
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Mujeres, la primera línea de defensa contra el cambio climático, pero también las más afectadas
María Noel Vaeza, Directora Regional de ONU Mujeres para las Américas y el Caribe

Opinión: "La desigualdad de género es también un factor determinante de la seguridad alimentaria. Esta realidad demanda una respuesta firme y urgente por parte de la comunidad internacional, el sector privado, los gobiernos y la sociedad civil. Las mujeres no pueden seguir siendo víctimas de la injusticia climática".

Celebrating the solution multipliers
Sima Sami Bahous, UN Women Executive Director, briefs the Security Council meeting on women and peace and security, 21 October 2021. Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

Statement by Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022. More ►

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Es hora de avanzar en los derechos de las mujeres

En el Día Internacional de la Mujer, celebramos a las mujeres y las niñas de todo el mundo.  Celebramos sus ideas, sus innovaciones y su activismo, así como su liderazgo en todos los ámbitos de la vida. Pero todavía hay demasiados aspectos en los derechos de las mujeres que van para atrás. 

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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.