La violencia es una de las violaciones más graves de los derechos humanos, y es frecuente que las mujeres sufran ataques por motivos sexuales o incluso por el mero hecho de su género. El fenómeno del ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The “World survey on the role of women in development” is presented every five years to the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. It provides a unique opportunity to ...

The Asia and the Pacific region contains some of the world’s most powerful economies—and two-thirds of its poorest people. Rich in political, cultural and other forms of diversity, it faces common ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

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 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. It also laid out concrete ways ...

Women and men have different health-care needs, but an equal right to live healthily. For many women and girls, however, gender discrimination systematically undermines their access to health care, ...