Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at CSW69 side event on “Multistakeholder partnerships – Leveraging Generation Equality to advance recommitment, accountability, and resourcing… Read More »Speech: Collective action, accountability, and commitment to deliver change for all women and girls
UN Women spoke to youth activists at the CSW69 Youth Forum. They spoke about navigating the backlash to women’s rights and how to keep hope… Read More »Gen Z-ero tolerance for inequality: How youth are driving change for women’s rights in 2025
According to the 2025 edition of the IPU–UN Women “Women in politics” map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative… Read More »Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate
As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, governments have adopted by consensus a powerful Political Declaration to… Read More »As the 69th Commission on the Status of Women opens, Member States adopt strong Political Declaration, committing to respect, protect and promote rights, equality and empowerment for all women and girls
Remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, at the opening of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status… Read More »Speech: We will not back down – A turning point to push forward for rights, equality, and empowerment, for all women and girls
At the opening of the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Secretary-General said: “The United Nations is stronger today… Read More »Remarks of the UN Secretary-General at the opening of the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Welcoming remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the UN commemoration of International Women’s Day, 7 March 2025, UN General Assembly Hall, UN… Read More »Speech: We must choose rights, equality, empowerment for ALL women and girls
In his remarks for the International Women’s Day 2025 at the UN Headquarters, UN Secretary-General said: “We gather today not just to celebrate the International… Read More »UN Secretary-General’s remarks at the International Women’s Day event 2025
A new report “Girl goals: What has changed for girls? Adolescent girls’ rights over 30 years”—launched by UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women ahead of International… Read More »Fast facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Moni Pizani Orsini, UN Women Representative… Read More »Women’s rights then and now: “Beijing 1995 changed our lives”
