Gender Snapshot 2024
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UN report urges immediate global acti…

The latest edition of Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, launched today by UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,…

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Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them
Portrait of Justice Effie Owuor of Kenya.
Interview
‘Women try and make peace’ – Interview with Kenyan jurist Effie Owuor
Wai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Peace Network, speaks at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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Statement by Wai Wai Nu at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous gives a briefing at the Open Debate of the UN Security Council on Women and Peace and Security.
Speech
Women’s voices rising without fear: our goal and challenge for peace and security
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Press release
War on women – Proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubles in 2023
Portrait of Hanna Demydenko.
Feature story
In the Ukraine war, women are on the front lines and leading recovery
On 29 September 2024 a woman in Beirut, Lebanon walks among the debris of buildings destroyed by airstrikes.
Feature story
Women share stories of crisis and displacement in Lebanon
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Press briefing
Press briefing at the Palais des Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan
Women farmers in eastern Sudan discuss the next planned growing season.
Press release
Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence
Statement
Statement: 'These atrocities must end'
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous addresses the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan at UN Headquarters on 18 September 2024. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: We must step forward – The situation is not hopeless, and we are not helpless
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Statement
Statement: Open letter to the Member States of the UN General Assembly, on behalf of the IASC principals