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We, participants, Arab states representatives concerned with women's affairs, gathered at the High-Level Meeting on Progress in Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPfA) after thirty years (1995), held in Muscat on December 9, 2024:
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In October 2024, UN Women conducted a rapid assessment to increase understanding of the involvement of WLOs in Lebanon’s humanitarian response in the context of the current conflict and identify their role and challenges.
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Oman today hosted the High-Level Regional Meeting on progress in implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 30 years after their adoption.
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Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UN Experts* urged governments to amplify the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future, particularly women and girls with disabilities.
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Since its establishment in 2023, the Gender Theme Group (GTG) of the Bahrain UN Country Team (UNCT) has been driving efforts to enhance gender mainstreaming efforts across the UN’s work in Bahrain.
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The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Working Group for the Arab States convened its second meeting in Geneva from 30 September to 2 October 2024, as part of its commitment to establishing a regional mechanism to inform and shape WPS policies across the Arab region in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda in 2025.
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"The True Survivors Are Those Who Died at the Beginning" - Sujoud's Journey Through Gaza’s Endless Pain
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Mona Elsayyed Ibrahim is a 46-year-old mother of a boy and seven girls, and she is their sole breadwinner. Her husband is unable to make a living due to suffering from an extremely aggressive form of cancer. Mona and her family live in Al Tibeh refugee camp in Northwest Syria, in a rented, unfinished building with unplastered walls and bare windows.
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A Mother's Cry in the Shadow of Destruction as the World Watches in Silence
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In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). The Beijing Declaration is a global policy framework and blueprint for realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls everywhere.
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Since 2022, UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States and Nokia has joined forces to increase women’s access to, and leadership in, the global digital space. In Saudi Arabia, this collaboration, covering eight countries in 2024 including Saudi Arabia, represents a new model of public-private partnership to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, with both parties contributing their specialist technical expertise to co-create effective and sustainable interventions.
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In the West Bank, three generations of Palestinian women share a common story of unrelenting hardship, shaped by decades of war and displacement. UN Women recently spoke to Wafeeka, Kafa, and Jwan – three women profoundly affected by ongoing conflicts.
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The initiative between UN Women and Nokia is presented as an example of an innovative partnership, which directly involves company staff in the role of facilitators and tutors of the training topics.
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En Tunisie, malgré les avancées législatives en matière d’égalité des sexes, les femmes rurales continuent de faire face à des défis significatifs qui entravent leur autonomisation économique.
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UN Women co-chairs the Gender Theme Group (GTG) of the Tunisia UN Country Team (UNCT), together with UNFPA. UNCT Gender Theme Groups are inter-agency bodies mandated to provide strategic support to strengthen gender mainstreaming efforts, ultimately achieving greater results for women and girls.
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In an exclusive interview with Al-Qaheera News Channel, Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine, sheds light on the devastating humanitarian situation in Gaza, particularly its impact on women and girls.
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This war defies all comprehension. We never imagined we would lose our homes, our cherished memories, and our loved ones. Displacement has become our constant reality.
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According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, between 8 October 2023 and 1 October 2024, a total of 1,575 people have lost their lives, including 297 women. Overall, there have been 10,835 casualties, of whom 2,110 women.
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When Samah arrived at the Collateral Repair Project (CRP) in Jordan, having fled war-torn Darfur in Sudan, she was hoping to find a new life and safety for her two children.
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Tunis, September 26th, 2024 - UN Women Tunisia and Nokia organized a roundtable on technological solutions to address violence against women, including online violence, in collaboration with representatives of government, civil society and the private and the Embassy of Finland.