International Women’s Day 2025 – For ALL women and girls: …
2024年12月20日 · The year 2025 is a pivotal moment in the global pursuit of gender equality and women’s empowerment, as it marks the 30 th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.Adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 in Beijing, China, by 189 governments, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains the most progressive …
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UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. We are trusted partners for advocates and decision-makers from all walks of life, and a leader in the effort to achieve gender equality.
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender …
2024年9月17日 · This section gives an outline of this year’s “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2024” report by UN Women. It includes a detailed analysis of the state of gender equality across the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a link to a video and relevant articles to expand your knowledge of key issues around …
UN Women urges immediate global action to end oppression of …
2024年6月10日 · The deprivation of women’s rights has had devastating impacts that will have inter-generational consequences. Assessing the impact of the bans on the right to education, the Gender Profile shows that leaving 1.1 million girls out of school and more than 100,000 women out of university is correlated with in an increased risk of maternal mortality by at least 50 per …
UN report urges immediate global action to close critical gender …
2024年9月16日 · The latest edition of Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, launched today by UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, reveals that progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment. Women hold one in every four parliamentary seats, a …
Why so few women are in political leadership, and five actions to …
2024年9月10日 · On the International Day of Democracy on 15 September, and in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action—the most comprehensive global agenda for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls—find out why there are so few women in decision-making and what can be …
68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, will take place this year from 11 - 22 March under the priority theme, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and …
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UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving ...
What we do: Ending violence against women - Headquarters
One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, and the immediate and long-term physical, sexual, and mental consequences for women and girls can be devastating, including death.
Thirty years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ...
2024年9月21日 · As the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action approaches, global leaders, activists, youth, civil society organizations and other stakeholders gathered on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly to discuss and shape the global gender equality agenda …