Opening Statement of UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board.

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) opens on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, with the high-level ...

Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. Its impact ranges from immediate to long-term multiple ...

Let me begin by congratulating the newly elected President, Ms. Zoraya del Carmen Cano Franco, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations, and the newly elected ...

The United Nations promotes the principles that underly the ideal of democracy: peace, security, development, and human rights. In democratic systems, women and men have equal rights and are free from ...

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) marks a crucial opportunity to put gender equality at the center of the global discussions towards Sustainable Development. UNGA79 ...

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As the global champion for women and girls, UN Women recognizes the importance of language in fighting gender bias and promotes the use of gender-inclusive language in all contexts and at all times.

In 2015, countries agreed on the need for comprehensive financing for development, adopted a new sustainable development agenda, and charted a universal and legally binding global agreement on climate ...

Women are being hit hard by the fallout of the pandemic. Because they typically earn less, have fewer savings and hold less secure jobs to begin with, women are particularly susceptible to economic ...