Tag: UN Women

Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate

Stuart Mitchell

New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the landmark UN framework which set out the roadmap for gender equality and women’s rights. According to the 2025 edition of the IPU–UN Women “Women in politics” map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative positions. The map presents the latest rankings of women in…

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International Women’s Day 2025 – For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment

Stuart Mitchell

On 8 March 2025, join UN Women to celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme, “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” This year’s theme calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind. Central to this vision is empowering the next generation—youth, particularly young women and adolescent girls—as catalysts for lasting change. The year 2025 is a pivotal moment in the global pursuit of gender equality and women’s empowerment, as it marks the 30th anniversary…

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UN Women partners with the Digital Public Goods Alliance to advance gender justice

Stuart Mitchell

At the Global Digital Public Infrastructure Summit in Cairo in October, UN Women announced that it has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance, a multi-stakeholder initiative that facilitates the development of and investment in digital public goods. Following the Summit of the Future, where leaders adopted the Global Digital Compact recognizing the potential of digital technologies in transforming our world for the better, UN Women will work with the Digital Public Goods Alliance towards accelerating progress towards gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Around the world, women and…

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Two billion women and girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women report shows

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare – leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty. Published ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, the report shows that a staggering two billion women and girls are without access to any form of social protection. While levels of social protection have increased since 2015, gender gaps in such coverage have widened in most developing regions, suggesting…

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New Generation Equality accountability report reveals record-breaking USD 50.3 billion in gender equality commitments

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women has recently launched the “Generation Equality accountability report 2024”, which uncovers significant progress on the commitments made by this multi-stakeholder initiative since its inception in 2021. The report launches as world leaders explore solutions to intertwined global challenges at the Summit of the Future in New York, and presents concrete ideas of what works to advance gender equality. Financial commitments for gender equality made by the different members, including governments, civil society organizations, youth groups, philanthropies, the private sector, and the United Nations, have increased to USD 50.3…

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