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PCHR trainee lawyer Haya Al Wehaidi filing a request for her client to be granted custody of her minor children at a Sharia court in Gaza Photo: PCHR

In Gaza, helping mothers reunite with children separated by the COVID-19 lockdown

During the COVID-19 lockdown in Palestine, some former partners took advantage of the legal paralysis to prevent mothers from seeing their children or to stop sending alimony. Learn more

Mahmoud Charary enjoys playtime with his one-year-old daughter, Jouri. Photo: Ramzi Haidar/Dar Al Mussawir for UN Women

When fathers share the care

As COVID-19 impacts parents around the world, sharing the care work is critical. This Palestinian couple living in a refugee camp in Lebanon shows how it’s done. Learn more

In Palestine, many women like Rawan, a government employee, face additional workloads at home due to the COVID-19 lockdown measures. Illustration: UN Women/Ahmad Abu Rashed.

New report brings forth voices of Palestinian women under COVID-19 lockdown

In-depth interviews with Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza shed new light on the situation and needs of Palestinian women and girls. Learn more

A young woman holds up a HerStory pin. Photo: UN Women/Emad Karim

Youth volunteers combat online misinformation on COVID-19 in Arab States

The UN Women-supported HerStory is working to monitor media, gather stories of the gender impact of the pandemic, and track occurrences of misinformation and harmful gender stereotyping. 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