• Gender Gap Closes at Fastest Rate Since Pandemic – But Full Parity Still Over a Century Away

    Gender Gap Closes at Fastest Rate Since Pandemic – But Full Parity Still Over a Century Away

      Political empowerment sees strongest gains, yet with only 22.9% of the global gap closed to date it remains the biggest barrier to progress on parity worldwide. Read the full report here; share on social media using #gendergap25. Geneva, Switzerland: The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, marking the strongest...
  • Foreign Aid Cuts Pushing Women’s Orgs To Breaking Point

    Foreign Aid Cuts Pushing Women’s Orgs To Breaking Point

    Geneva: Globally, 308 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across 73 countries, a figure that continues to rise with escalating conflict, climate change, food insecurity, and disease outbreaks. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by crisis, suffering from preventable pregnancy-related deaths, malnutrition, and high rates of sexual violence....
  • No Respite for Sudanese Women

    No Respite for Sudanese Women

    The number of people at risk of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, has tripled to over 12 million since the beginning of the war   New York / Port Sudan: Sudanese women and girls are bearing the brunt of a crisis that is entering its third year on April 15....
  • Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate

    Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate

    New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveals limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the landmark UN framework which set out the roadmap...
  • One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024 

    One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024 

    Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programs and institutions that support and protect women. UN Women’s latest report, “Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing”, published ahead of the UN 50th International Women’s...
  • Pushing Boundaries: Samara Iqbal

    Pushing Boundaries: Samara Iqbal

    Tell us about your journey that led you to where you are today. My journey has been one of persistence, resilience, and continuous learning. I have always believed in pushing boundaries, challenging stereotypes, and creating opportunities, not just for myself but for others as well. Along the way, I...
  • 1 woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or other family member

    1 woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or other family member

    November 25th, 2024, (New York/Vienna): On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, the report Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides by UN Women and UNODC reveals that femicide—the most extreme form of violence against women and girls—remains pervasive in the world. Globally, 85,000...
  • Commonwealth leaders urged to work harder to leave no woman behind 

    Commonwealth leaders urged to work harder to leave no woman behind 

    Commonwealth leaders are being urged to work harder to get rid of the barriers and biases that continue to hold back women and girls in the 56 member countries.  This urgent appeal comes from a report that represents the voices of more than 400 delegates, including prime ministers, ministers,...
  • Two billion women, girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women Report 

    Two billion women, girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women Report 

    New York City  — UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare – leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty.  Published ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on...
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