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Inside the crisis you don’t see: How war impacts women’s mental health
The number of women and girls caught in conflict is rapidly rising. In the last year alone, the proportion of women killed in armed conflict doubled, making up 40 per cent of all civilian deaths.
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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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SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Economic growth contributes to sustainable development where it extends benefits to all people, actively reduces inequalities and avoids harm to the environment. For growth to be inclusive, it must be ...
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Women leaders we admire
Women leaders of today are tenacious and diverse. They are mobilizing the global climate movement, pushing for social protections, addressing the COVID-19 crisis, and dismantling systemic racial ...
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Web feeds
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UN Women: Putting the Women's Agenda as a Priority
UN Women was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010 to accelerate progress on gender equality and the empowerment of women. Over the last two years, it has achieved results for women ...
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Planet 50-50 by 2030 Campaign toolkit
Note: The Step It Up campaign ran in 2014–2015 and is no longer active. The campaign pages remain on this website for archival purposes. The Planet 50-50 by 2030 Campaign logo may be used by ...
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Speech: We will not back down – A turning point to push forward for rights, equality, and empowerment, for all women and girls
This year marks three decades since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set forth a bold vision and game-changing roadmap for equality. In 1995, 189 governments came together in a ...
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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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UN Secretary-General's remarks at the International Women's Day event 2025
Thank you for the invitation – and for the moving performance. We gather today not just to celebrate the International Women’s Day, but to move forward – resilient, united, and unwavering in our ...
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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 ...