Date: Thursday, 23 January 2025
#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Sandra Patricia Aguilar Carabalí leads youth and women’s resistance in northern Cauca, Colombia, a region marked by…
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2024
En el marco del Día Internacional del Cuidado y el Apoyo (29 de octubre), la Universidad Javeriana de Colombia organizó un conversatorio virtual el cual contó con la participación de la especialista en Empoderamiento Económico de ONU Mujeres Uruguay…
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2024
ONU Mujeres convocó a distintos espacios de intercambio donde se abordó “La igualdad de género: Compromisos y Desafíos”, con foco en los resultados electorales en Uruguay. Uno de estos fue con las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y otro junto con…
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2024
Un año más, Cotidiano Mujer, CAINFO, ONU Mujeres y UNESCO se unen para convocar al IX Premio Nacional de Prensa Escrita Marcelo Jelen, el cual reconoce las producciones periodísticas que promuevan la diversidad y la no discriminación.
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2024
ONU Mujeres apoyó la realización y participó de la XXIV Reunión de Ministras y Altas Autoridades de la Mujer del MERCOSUR (RMAAM), que discute medidas que los países del MERCOSUR pueden implementar conjuntamente para enfrentar la violencia contra…
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2024
En el encuentro La violencia política hacia las mujeres: miradas desde el MERCOSUR, realizado en el marco de la Reunión de Ministras y Altas Autoridades de la Mujer del Mercosur, contó con la participación de la directora regional para las Américas…
Date: Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Para las mujeres y las niñas, la migración representa a menudo un salvavidas, la mejor oportunidad de mejorar sus vidas y las de sus familias. Sin embargo, la migración segura y regular sigue estando fuera del alcance de muchas de ellas. La…
Date: Monday, 25 November 2024
UN Women spoke with Irene Cari, an indigenous activist from the province of Salta in northern Argentina, about violence against women in Argentina and how to prevent it. In 2014 Cari founded the Women’s Forum for Equal Opportunities, an association…
Date: Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Under the Global Affairs Canada-funded Build Back Equal Project, UN Women MCO Caribbean Deputy Representative Isiuwa Iyahen supported the launch of an initiative to facilitate working mothers’ and women attendees care for their children at Dominica’…
Date: Friday, 1 November 2024
In order to generate data that accurately capture the persistence and magnitude of societal inequalities, the gender and intersectional perspectives must be mainstreamed into statistical production. As noted in the Montevideo Strategy for…
Date: Friday, 1 November 2024
Hoy, en la segunda ocasión en que el mundo conmemora el Día Internacional del Cuidado y el Apoyo, celebramos los esfuerzos que se están realizando en todo el mundo, desde Brasil, Chile, Colombia y Panamá, que acaban de aprobar leyes por las que se…
Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
UN Women and the Build Back Equal Project establishes breastfeeding facilities at Dominica’s Creole Festival in the Park.
Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Care work encompasses labor that involves caring for others, the planet, and oneself. It is essential for well-being and crucial to a sustainable economy with a productive workforce. Therefore, care should be recognized as a public good and a…
Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The case for a gender-responsive just transition to low-carbon economies, aligned with the Paris Agreement, is supported by growing data on the need for gender equality in these policies. This brief outlines pathways for a just transition, urging…
Date: Thursday, 3 October 2024
Hayli Játiva: a young Ecuadorian woman creating innovative solutions by combining her cultural heritage and artificial intelligence
Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
This document aims to capture the lessons learned and best practices in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) in women's economic empowerment programs, based on the experience of the Second Chance Education and Vocational Training Program,…
Date: Friday, 13 September 2024
El documento de trabajo “Política exterior feminista: Soluciones para un mejor mañana” recopila los principales insumos preliminares, propuestas y recomendaciones emanadas de las sesiones de la III Conferencia Ministerial sobre Política Exterior…
Date: Friday, 13 September 2024
– The Haitian political landscape reached a new milestone last month with the launch of the National Symposium on Women’s Engagement in the Political Transition. This event, organized by the Ministry for the Status of Women and Women’s Rights, under…
Date: Monday, 26 August 2024
The Alliance of Civil Society Organizations for Peace and Women’s Empowerment, known as “L´ALLIANCE” (AOSCPAFH, for its acronym in French), inaugurated its headquarters in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, July 31st, with the participation of government…
UN Women supports mobility efforts in Haiti to protect women and girls against gender-based violence
Date: Tuesday, 30 July 2024
As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen gender-responsive initiatives across Haiti, within the framework of the Spotlight Initiative, funded by the European Union, UN Women provided equipment and materials to ten departments in the Haitian…