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Highlights
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International Women's Day 2021
The theme for International Women’s Day (8 March) 2021 is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. More
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Generation Equality
Join UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign to accelerate gender equality actions and mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most visionary agenda for women’s rights and empowerment everywhere. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, women’s leadership and access to health. More
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COVID-19: emerging gender data
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold human suffering and is likely to heighten gender-based inequalities around the world. UN Women is working with partners to bridge the gender data gap and deliver a more accurate picture of the gender dimension to the response so that it can be more effective for women and girls. For gender-related data on COVID-19 visit this page. More
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The Generation Equality Forum
Get ready for the Generation Equality Forum, the most important global convening for gender equality actions and investment in a quarter-century. The Forum will kick-off in Mexico City in March and culminate in Paris this year. More
Africa Ministerial Consultation on CSW65
Ministers of the AU Member States and High-Level Representatives from Regional Economic Communities, the UN System, CSOs and other relevant stakeholders will discuss and adopt the Africa Common Position prior to CSW65.
Watch the Opening Ceremony and Launch of the AU Strategy for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Latest news
- In the words of Asseny Muro: “Generation Equality shows us that every generation of women has its own story to tell”
- Traditional practitioners embark on alternative economic livelihood programs in Liberia
- UN Women advocates for more gender statistics in Cameroon
- Innovation and technology at the service of women farmers from Northern Senegal
- I am Generation Equality: Lydia Charles, champion, motivator and advocate for girls and young women in Tanzania
Violence against women and girls: the shadow pandemic
With 90 countries in lockdown and four billion people sheltering at home from the global contagion of COVID-19, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka highlights another deadly danger growing in the shadows: violence against women and girls. More
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UN Women COVID-19 Response - Cameroon
As part of the COIVID-19 Response UN Women supports Religious Leaders, Women and Youth Groups - Cameroon
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Women on the frontlines of COVID-19
During crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, women make essential contributions as leaders and frontline responders. Millions of women in the health and social sector work tirelessly every day to care for all of us. Today, we thank you.