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Intersectionality resource guide and toolkit

The “Intersectionality resource guide and toolkit” aims to help both organizations and individual practitioners and experts address intersectionality in policies, practices, and programmes. It may be ...
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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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G77 and Emerging Partners Ministerial Roundtable highlights pathways to accelerate sustainable financing for gender equality

Held on 9 March 2026, the roundtable built on the success of the first G77 Ministerial Round Table convened during the Commission on the Status of Women 69th Session. The event was co-hosted by the ...
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Speech: ‘The patriarchy may be pushing back, but so are we’

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UN Women welcomes the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan and urges its effective implementation

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The manosphere is no joke. UN Women explains why.

These communities do not all speak with one voice, but they are united in portraying feminism as dangerous, women as manipulative, and men as victims of social change. Their ideas are gaining ground, ...
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UN Women estimates over 28,000 women and girls killed in Gaza since October 2023

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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at 30: How it transformed the fight against gender-based violence

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Pakistan midwife training programme addresses maternal mortality

Evidence indicates that midwives can play a critical role in helping reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. They can also strengthen the provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights ...
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HeForShe marks ten years with a movement of 2 million gender equality activists, welcomes new Champions

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Ukrainian women at the front lines of resistance and recovery

We reached a city’s worth of women in Ukraine "I can't imagine myself anywhere else,” says Kseniia Mishyna, although she cannot remember when she last ate or slept or had any time for herself. As a ...
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Statement: Crises drive an increase in human trafficking – Here’s how we stop it

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