We meet at a time when global peace is fragile, our values questioned, and the promise of gender equality hanging in the balance. Our thoughts are with the women and girls across the Middle East, in ...

UN Women leads several initiatives that aim to prevent femicide and gender-based violence in Kenya, for example by providing specialized training for police personnel. In such programmes, officers are ...

1. Flexible working is non-negotiable for gender equality For many women, the workday isn't just a 9-to-5 shift. Most work a full day, some entirely unpaid, and then turn to household and childcare ...

Everyone needs care. On the International Day of Care and Support, explore UN Women’s insights and FAQs on how valuing, investing in, and sharing both paid care work and unpaid care work can transform ...

In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework to discuss two interrelated realms: backsliding on gender equality policies and the emerging political space for feminist responses to this backsliding ...

For companies, the report highlights the business case for equality and calls on them to move beyond compliance toward accountability, transparency, and innovation. At the same time, it provides UN ...

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This landmark resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in ...

In recent years, we have advanced progressively in the development of a conceptual and methodological basis for improving the processes of programme and project evaluation. This Guide has been ...

This short history of the Commission on the Status of Women from its inception in 1946 to today highlights the Commission’s advocacy for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. It ...

The 21st century has been hailed as the century of women. Yet a recent Google search shows just how much prejudice and discrimination towards women and gender ...

The gender equality and women’s empowerment mandate is universally agreed on by Member States and encompasses all areas of peace, development and human rights. The mandates on gender equality derive ...