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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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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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Families play a fundamental role in providing care and support to children with disabilities, including protecting and promoting their rights and building capacities for independent living in their communities.
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We are pleased to invite members of the media to cover the high-level regional dialogue, "Towards a Regional Roadmap for the Care Economy in the Arab Region." The event is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Social Development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and is jointly organized by the Arab Women Organization, the UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States, and the Jordanian National Commission for Women.
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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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In an unprecedented event, UN Women organized the first-ever Regional Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Forum in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with over 100 private sector representatives and professionals from different economic sectors and industries across the region.
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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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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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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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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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Nedaa is a 20-year-old Syrian refugee who moved to Jordan with her family in 2013 after fleeing the war in her country Needa is an incentive-based volunteer at UN Women’s Al-Muwaqqar Oasis Centre...
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Nouf is a 28-year-old Jordanian woman who is an Oasis beneficiary at Al-Muwaqqar Centre, funded by the European Union through the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian crisis, the Madad Fund, and in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development.
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For the third year in a row, Nokia in Saudi Arabia is conducting its summer internship programme for 22 women studying STEM degrees and interested to pursue a career in tech.
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CNN Arabic and the UN Women in the Arab States announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to renew their partnership, which began in 2022, to support the acceleration of gender balance, financial inclusion and female employment throughout the Arab States.
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UN Women JCO organized a visit with NOKIA to introduce the integrated services provided by the Oasis programme. UN Women has established 4 women and girls empowerment and resilience centers in Za'atari and Azraq camps and 18 centres in host communities.
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Amira, a 37-year-old Syrian refugee, living in Karak Governorate, Jordan, leads her household of four children while her husband lives abroad.