Girls are leaders. Girls are change-makers. Girls are driving good and growth around the world. They are a fundamental source of transformational change for gender equality, and technology is a ...

We join the Secretary-General in expressing hope that all parties will honor their commitments to ensure this agreement paves the way for a lasting peace for women and girls in Palestine, Israel, and ...

As world leaders gather at Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting from 20 to 24 January, UN Women will highlight that gender equality is a fundamental human right, and it’s ...

After Israeli forces escalated their attacks on Lebanon in late September 2024, more than 500,000 women and girls were displaced from their homes and disconnected from their work, communities, and ...

Audit Matters (10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.) Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 and the report of the Board of Auditors on the financial statements for ...

In elections taking place on 10 January, the UN Women Executive Board opened the year by electing its new Bureau for 2025. Page navigation The Presidency of the Executive Board is held in 2025 by the ...

Of all the lessons learned in the long history of our struggle for the rights of women and girls and for gender equality, one stands out regardless of country or century: We are strongest when we ...

The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its first regular session from Monday 10 to Tuesday 11 February 2025 in person at UN headquarters in New York. The President of the Executive Board, H.E.

The United Nations General Assembly, through General Assembly resolution 64/289, decided to establish the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known as ...

National legal systems and public policy frameworks have often overlooked the crisis of violence against women. But, when brought into alignment with global norms and standards, laws and policies can ...

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. During its annual two ...

Note: The Step It Up campaign ran in 2014–2015 and is no longer active.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. Many UN Member States have committed to ending discrimination ...