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Adopted in 1995 by 189 countries, the Beijing Declaration calls upon governments, the international community and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to take strategic action.
Following the 7 October 2023 brutal attack by Hamas on Israel, and the ensuing Israeli military bombardment of Gaza, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs.
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to contribute to the session.
This document provides an overview of the situation in Gaza and articulates UN Women’s work as part of its six-month multisectoral response to the crisis.
Following the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel and the Israeli Armed Forces’ strikes on Gaza in response, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs.
🔖 Statements
UN Women Statement for the International Day of Care and Support
29 October 2024 | STATEMENT
Opening remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, at the United Nations Observance of the International Day of Care and Support
29 October 2024 | SPEECH
UN Women statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
19 JUNE 2024 | STATEMENT
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“In this war, i lost my husband as a prisoner, and my brother passed away a while ago, the Palestinian women is very strong with a resilient personality, she plays the role of both the man and women simultaneously” – Maha Wafi, a paramedic at red crescent.
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