The recent UNICEF report card exposes Canada for failing its young children. The report, appropriately called “World’s Apart,” examines the…
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Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Asa Regner at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, 75th session
Date: Friday, October 9, 2020 [Check against delivery] Your Excellency Ambassador Katalin Bogyay, Chair of the Third Committee, Members of…
International Day of the Girl Child Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020 Originally published on Medium.com/@UN_Women Around the world, girls are…
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Press release: At UN high-level meeting, world leaders reignite the vision of the Beijing Platform for Action, the most transformative agenda for advancing gender equality
Leaders make concrete commitments to accelerate the realization of gender equality as COVID-19 threatens to take a toll on gains…
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020 Today, UN Women’s Generation Equality Youth Task Force, which represents youth around the world, announced…
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Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 1 October 2020
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 [As delivered] President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. [embedded…
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Media advisory: Historic gathering to call for political commitment at the highest levels for the achievement of gender equality
As the Beijing Platform for Action turns 25, high-level meeting to accelerate implementation efforts for advancing women’s rights For immediate…
Andrea Gómez, Jim Craig, Philippe Cousin, Pieter De Jong, Spiros Mazarakis, and Val De Oliveira from the FIWARE Community elaborate…
Global family planning services run by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) need vital funding to fulfil the unmet modern…
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Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the SDG Moment 2020
Date: Friday, September 18, 2020 [As delivered] This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. As…