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As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, governments have adopted by consensus a powerful Political Declaration to respect, protect, and champion the rights, equality, and empowerment of women and girls.
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Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programmes and institutions that support and protect women.
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In an interview with Samar Tarawneh, President of the Arab Network for Women in Elections, we explore the challenges and opportunities facing women's political empowerment in the Arab region.
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Interview with Rabéa Naciri from Morocco on attending the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and how the Beijing Platform for Action remains relevant today.
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On 8 March 2025, join us to celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme, “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.”
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The UN Women Lebanon Office is pleased to invite applications for partnerships aimed at advancing women’s economic empowerment. Eligible organizations can submit proposals targeting one or more outputs within a single proposal.
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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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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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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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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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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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Tunis, 26 septembre 2024 - ONU Femmes Tunisie et Nokia ont organisé une table ronde sur les solutions technologiques pour lutter contre la violence à l'égard des femmes, y compris la violence en ligne, en collaboration avec des représentants du gouvernement tunisien, des organisations de la société civile (OSC), du secteur privé, et de l'Ambassade de Finlande.
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More people than ever will go to polls in 2024, when 113 countries have never had a woman at the helm, and only 26 countries are led by a woman today.
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Tunis, Tunisie - 20 juin 2024 – ONU Femmes Tunisie et les Scouts Tunisiens ont marqué la fin de la campagne Nubader par une cérémonie de clôture, couronnant les efforts fournis dans le cadre du projet ambitieux intitulé "Promouvoir le leadership des femmes et des filles dans la réponse socioéconomique et sanitaire à la COVID-19 en Tunisie".
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The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a Call for Proposals in Iraq to support civil society organizations to implement projects focusing on conflict prevention and crisis planning, as well as supporting local women and young women's rights organizations through institutional funding.
Call for Proposals for Civil Society Organizations on Women Political participation – Lebanon Office
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UN Women Lebanon Office welcomes proposals for partnerships to achieve results under its Women’s Political Participation Programme, with a specific focus to increase women's participation in and impact on decision-making in political and civic spaces.
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On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Government of Australia renewed its commitment to gender equality in Lebanon through signature of a new agreement with UN Women Lebanon worth 1,500,000 Australian dollar to extend humanitarian assistance to over 4,300 women, girls, men and boys from diverse backgrounds across three governorates in Lebanon.
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In an interview with UN Women, Rima Manna, Head of Middle East Market Unit at Nokia, touched on Nokia’s ambition to become a force that uses technology to advance society’s welfare.