New York, 25 November 2024 – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, the report Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member ...

“I want to send a message of love and peace to all women,” says Fadia Jomaa, a journalist and an environmental activist from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. “I want them to know that when this war ...

Baku/New York, 21 November 2024 – As the UN climate summit COP29 commemorates Gender Day, UN Women calls for leaders to make strong decisions on climate finance that respond to the specific needs of ...

Kyiv/New York, 18 November – As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its 1,000th day today, civilians, women, and girls in Ukraine are enduring deadly intensified attacks across major cities ...

The programme of side events and parallel events, or activities organized outside the formal programme of the session of the Commission, provides an excellent opportunity for Member States, UN ...

You can support gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world by getting involved in a number of ways. Take part in one of UN Women’s campaigns; raise awareness on social media; or donate ...

National plans, policies, institutions and budgets are where governments begin to translate commitments to women into practical progress towards gender equality. Too often, however, they overlook ...

The UN-Women Executive Board is made up of representatives from 41 Member States elected to three-year terms by the UN Economic and Social Council, with the following regional allocation and number of ...

Annotated provisional agenda and proposed organization of work E/CN.6/2024/1/ADD.1 Proposed organization of work E/CN.6/2024/2 Normative aspects of the work of the United Nations Entity for Gender ...

UN Women strives to ensure that all operations, including procurement processes, support its mandate to achieve gender equality and empower women. Gender-responsive procurement (GRP) is the ...

The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) has one guiding purpose: to support national, women-led civil society organizations in achieving women’s economic and political empowerment and the Sustainable ...