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- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (265)
- Ending violence against women and girls (204)
- Economic empowerment (166)
- Communications and media (96)
- Gender, culture and society (94)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (87)
- Governance and national planning (65)
- Leadership and political participation (61)
- Indigenous women (40)
- Youth (39)
- COVID-19 (37)
- Employment (34)
- Peace and security (33)
- Executive Director (26)
- Human rights (26)
- Rural women (23)
- Innovation and technology (21)
- Feminicide/femicide (20)
- Local development (20)
- Education (19)
- Humanitarian action (19)
- Crisis response and recovery (18)
- Partnerships (17)
- Health (16)
- Political empowerment (16)
- Generation Equality (15)
- Macroeconomic policies (15)
- Intergovernmental processes (14)
- Rape/sexual assault (14)
- Gender equality and inequality (13)
- Conflict, war (11)
- Sports (11)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (11)
- Civil society (10)
- Information and communications technology (ICT) (10)
- Voices and profiles (10)
- Beijing Platform for Action (9)
- Commission on the Status of Women (9)
- Political violence (9)
- Science and technology for development (9)
- Social protection (9)
- Gender discrimination (8)
- Migration (8)
- Peacebuilding (8)
- Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces (8)
- Sexual harassment (8)
- Poverty (7)
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- Sexuality (7)
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- Access to justice post-conflict (6)
- Civil society participation (6)
- Entrepreneurship (6)
- Gender statistics (6)
- Gender stereotypes (6)
- Girls (6)
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBT) rights (6)
- Women’s movements (6)
- Access to justice and legal protection (5)
- Anti-violence interventions (5)
- Businesses and foundations (5)
- Environmental protection (5)
- Men and boys (masculinity) (5)
- Peace processes (5)
- Sexual violence in conflict (5)
- Trust funds (5)
- UNiTE campaign (5)
- Unpaid work (5)
- Anti-corruption (4)
- Child marriage (4)
- Disaster risk reduction (4)
- Electoral systems and processes (4)
- Ending impunity (4)
- Fund for Gender Equality (4)
- Health care services (4)
- HIV and AIDS (4)
- Monitoring and evaluation (4)
- Reparations (4)
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights (4)
- Women farmers (4)
- Women with disabilities (4)
- Adolescents (3)
- Beijing+20?! (3)
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- UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (3)
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- Gender equality indicators (2)
- Goodwill ambassadors (2)
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- Maternal health (2)
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- UN Women administration (2)
- Women’s rights (2)
- Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability (1)
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- Decision-making (1)
- Deputy Executive Director, Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships (1)
- Domestic violence/interpersonal violence (1)
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- Gender data gaps (1)
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- Gender data use and accessibility (1)
- Gender mainstreaming (1)
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- Human rights–based approach (1)
- In the words of ... (1)
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- Land and property (1)
- Laws, legislation (1)
- Media leadership (1)
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (1)
- National planning (1)
- National statistical systems (1)
- Post-conflict recovery (1)
- Sex-disaggregated data (1)
- Shelters (1)
- UN Security Council resolutions (1)
- Urban development (1)
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- Dominican Republic (19)
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- France (3)
- Spain (3)
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (3)
- China (2)
- Cuba (2)
- Grenada (2)
- Nicaragua (2)
- Norway (2)
- Peru (2)
- Trinidad and Tobago (2)
- Dominica (1)
- Ethiopia (1)
- Italy (1)
- Jamaica (1)
- Saint Lucia (1)
- Sweden (1)
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November 25 The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNiTE campaign and the 16 days of activism, the theme of November 25 and the 16 days of activism
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Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the official UN commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN headquarters, 22 November 2023.
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Today the Sixty-fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago.
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Today marked the inauguration of the Sixty-fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, a hybrid event that is taking place through Thursday from ECLAC’s headquarters in the Chilean capital.
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The agreement focuses on high-level policy and normative advocacy to accelerate the reduction of the gender gap in access to productive resources and rural coverage of care services, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence.
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Civil society advisory groups (CSAGs) are the institutional mechanisms for regular consultation between UN Women and feminist and women's organizations and networks. CSAGs exist nationally in most UN Women regional offices, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. In other cases, CSAGs are linked to specific initiatives, such as Spotlight in the English-speaking Caribbean countries.
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On the 17th of September, UN Women together with the governments of Iceland and Tanzania, will mark the midpoint moment for Generation Equality to bolster its agenda for gender equality acceleration at a critical time for women’s rights. Generation Equality is the world’s leading initiative to boost investment and implementation of gender equality. It brings together organizations from all corners of society to catalyze progress, push for change and take bold actions together.
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Mercedes Pombo, 23, is a climate activist and co-founder of Jóvenes por el Clima Argentina (Youth for Climate Argentina). She is a philosophy student and a member of UN Women’s Civil Society Advisory Group in Argentina.
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Este 2 de julio, ONU Mujeres, la entidad de Naciones Unidas dedicada a promover la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres en todo el mundo, conmemora su 13º aniversario.
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In 2023, Women Deliver Conference is taking place coinciding with the Midpoint Moment of Generation Equality—which will be held in September 2024 in New York. Convened by UN Women, the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) is an unprecedented global effort to accelerate investment and implementation on gender equality in today's context of stalled progress and regression. By bringing together diverse stakeholders from every part of society, Generation Equality aims to disrupt inaction, drive political will and accountability, and ensure that the bold ambitions of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action on women’s rights are finally implemented, and the Sustainable Development Goals are achieved, leaving no one behind.
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Around the world, conflict, violence, crises and fragility have forced more than 108 million people to flee their homes; among whom are 35.3 million refugees. Common to them all are the hopes of finding safety, security and prosperity and the fears of further harm and loss. For women and girls, these fears are all too often realized. UNHCR estimates that one in five refugee and internally displaced women have faced sexual violence with its resulting profound impact on both individuals and the fabric of their communities.
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Rosa Huenchuleo Cifuentes belongs to the original Mapuche people in Chile. She has lived in Tarapacá for 15 years. She is a public administrator, president of the women's cooperative Añañuca, and leader of the trade association of local entrepreneurs Küyen Ray. Rosa is a participant in the UN Women's Originarias program, and through her initiative Orígenes Reutiliza, she seeks to strengthen her economic autonomy and promote recycling actions that contribute to reducing pollution and garbage.
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We recognize today as the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia, and mark the theme for this year: “Together always: United in diversity”. This is a day to celebrate the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) across humanity. It is also a day for a reckoning with the related violence, discrimination and stigmatization that still cause profound, preventable suffering among these communities. Such violations harm us all as we seek to accelerate achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and a world united under a common agenda of fully lived human rights.
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UN Women’s Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean invites individuals with outstanding professional and/or activist careers in gender equality and women's empowerment to apply to join its Civil Society Advisory Group.
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UN Women strongly condemns the Taliban’s latest discriminatory decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. We stand in full solidarity with our colleagues, and all women who everyday put their lives at risk to serve their country and we salute their dedication, professionalism, and bravery. We re-assert their inalienable, fundamental human rights as enshrined in the UN Charter. We will not replace our female workforce with men.
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At an event that brought together more than 350 representatives from Member States, UN organizations, academia and civil society, the Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a third call for funding proposals to support the meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations.
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Yasmín Belén Quiroga is a feminist lawyer specializing in gender and data. She is a secretary at the Criminal and Misdemeanor Court 10 of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is one of the authors of " Data with a gender perspective and open justice", research conducted as part of the Spotlight Initiative on the experience of Court 10, which makes available all the resolutions and sentences of the court through digital media. She is also co-founder of DataGénero, the first gender-sensitive data observatory in Latin America.
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El 67º periodo de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW67) -la mayor reunión anual de las Naciones Unidas sobre la igualdad de género, el empoderamiento de todas las mujeres y las niñas y sus derechos humanos- ha concluido hoy con éxito su periodo de sesiones de dos semanas de duración (del 6 al 17 de marzo) con el reconocimiento del papel fundamental de la tecnología y la innovación en la consecución de la igualdad de género. Las conclusiones acordadas adoptadas por los Estados miembros proporcionan un plan para que todas las partes interesadas
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CSW67 closing statement: Game-changing Agreed Conclusions for a more equal and connected world for women and girls
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The purpose of this event was to discuss new approaches, illustrate the practices and criticisms promoted, and identify innovative cooperation practices and their achievements, in addition to giving visibility to the importance of cooperation for achieving the SDGs, especially a substantial advance in the women's rights agenda.
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