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'Life has stopped. We didn’t sleep all night, paralyzed' – Women of Gaza report intolerable toll of the war
Since 18 March, Israel’s renewed and intensified attacks on Gaza have killed hundreds of civilians, including women and children, and over 142,000 newly displaced persons have nowhere to run for ...
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Press briefing by UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls
The end of the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is having disastrous consequences for women and girls. From 18 to 25 March—in just those 8 days, 830 people have been killed—174 women, 322 children, with ...
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Equal pay for work of equal value
Worldwide, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. As a result, there’s a lifetime of income inequality between men and women and more women are retiring into poverty. This stubborn ...
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Speech: The Political Declaration’s vision must be made real – Change is there now to be grasped
This Commission on the Status of Women has shown that, whatever the headwinds, the United Nations is still the place where consensus can be found on gender equality. As this 69th Commission on the ...
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Young feminist leadership at CSW69: Mobilizing a generation for gender equality, 30 years after the Beijing Platform for Action
The 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) kicked off with a powerful vision: renewing and advancing the commitments to fully implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as it ...
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Civil society and youth leaders engage with United Nations experts to push forward for gender equality
At a side event during the 69 th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) on 13 March, titled “Reflections and Resolve: Civil Society Pathways to Push Forward for Gender Equality”, UN Women brought ...
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For ALL women and girls: CSW69 event announces action agenda to accelerate progress on women’s rights
This year marks the 30 th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which remains the most revolutionary plan on gender equality to date. Despite this, progress ...
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Un pays sur quatre fait état d’un recul des droits des femmes en 2024
Partout dans le monde, les droits des femmes et des filles font l’objet de menaces grandissantes sans précédent : discrimination croissante, protection juridique faible, diminution des ressources ...
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Advancing digital and financial inclusion of women: CSW69 event highlights pathways to women's economic empowerment
As the world marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, global leaders gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss transformative approaches to ...
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Speech: Pushing forward for progress – Priority actions to drive real change
Thirty years ago, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action united 189 governments in an ambitious blueprint for change. It set a course for a world where women and girls could live free from ...
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Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity
Kyiv — Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States (US), a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the ...
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Gen Z-ero tolerance for inequality: How youth are driving change for women’s rights in 2025
Feeling like women’s rights are under attack? You’re not alone. Around the world, the hard-won progress toward gender equality is facing setbacks, with new challenges emerging every day. But here's ...