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In Focus: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence

Under the global theme, “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!" the world will celebrate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence 2020. Learn more

Press release: New UN Women reports reveal the impacts of COVID-19 on Violence Against Women in the Arab States

Findings from the reports will inform programme interventions. Learn more

What happened after COVID-19 hit: Lebanon

Meserat Hailu, was 29 years old when she travelled to Beirut, Lebanon as an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker. For more than eight years, she suffered abuse by her employer. Learn more

Hand over the mic to: Aida Nour ElDin, Egypt

Aida Nour ElDin is the Chairperson of the Women and Development Association, a grassroots civil society organization that specializes in providing services to survivors of violence. Learn more

Highlights

New Jersey’s first COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site opened on March 20, 2020, at Bergen Community College in Paramus. Photo: Edwin J. Torres for the New Jersey Governor’s Office

In Focus: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response

The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health issue. It is a profound shock to our societies and economies, and women are at the heart of care and response efforts underway. UN Women is bringing up-to-date information and analysis on how and why gender matters in COVID-19 response. More

International Women’s Day 2020

Women’s rights and gender equality are taking centre stage in 2020. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day (8 March) is, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. Together, we want to mobilize to end gender-based violence; we are calling for economic justice and rights for all; bodily autonomy, sexual and reproductive health and rights; and feminist action for climate justice. We want technology and innovation for gender equality; and feminist leadership. More
Generation Equality

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women is launching a new campaign, “Generation Equality—Realizing women’s rights and an equal future”. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women and girls, health-care services that respond to their needs, and their equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life. More