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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
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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
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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
Latest news
- Announcement of the Global Leaders of the Generation Equality Action Coalitions to accelerate gender equality
- Press release: UN Women and CARE Palestine WBG partner to promote gender equality
- Including widows in the work to “build back better” from COVID-19
- Press release: collecting data and informing policies to support women and girls in the Arab States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Restoring the role of fathers within the family
- Trained in self-defence, Lebanese women find new confidence
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Beijing+25: Celebrating 25 years of championing women’s rights
Despite some progress since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action 25 years ago, real and lasting change has been slow for the majority of women & girls in the Arab States region.