Tag: UN Women

International Women’s Day 2026: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.

Stuart Mitchell

On 8 March 2026, rally with women and girls around the world to demand equal rights – and equal justice to enforce, exercise, and enjoy those rights. As we begin the second quarter of the 21st century, no nation has closed the legal gaps between men and women. Right now, in 2026, women have only 64 per cent of the legal rights that men hold worldwide. In fundamental areas of life, including work, money, safety, family, property, mobility, business, and retirement – the law systematically disadvantages women. From harmful social…

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Call to action: UNiTE to end digital violence against all women and girls

Stuart Mitchell

Discrimination against women and girls, and violence as its gravest manifestation, remains alarmingly high in every sphere of their lives, across physical and digital spaces alike. Each year, 245 million women and girls aged 15 and older experience physical and/or sexual violence perpetrated by a current or former intimate partner. This crisis persists, despite decades of progress in global commitments, the adoption of laws, expanded services, and scaled-up prevention efforts. Together, a growing global backlash and the misuse of rapidly evolving digital technologies are amplifying violence against women and girls. Studies…

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Global Push for Gender Equality in Sport Gains Momentum with New Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women has signed a landmark agreement with the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) to accelerate gender equality across the global sports arena. The partnership will harness sport’s power to empower women and girls, strengthen movements, and drive systemic change worldwide.     Left to right: Sarah Hendriks, Director of Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division at UN Women and Annamarie Phelps CBE OLY, Chair of IWG. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown Through the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the two partners will work with governments, federations and civil…

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World leaders place women’s empowerment and gender equality at the heart of multilateralism as UNGA80 High-level Week opens

Stuart Mitchell

2025 marks a once-in-a-generation milestone for women’s rights and gender equality: 30 years since the world committed to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 15 since the creation of UN Women, and 80 since the founding of the United Nations. Yet these milestones arrive at a time of unprecedented backlash – when hard-won gains for women and girls are under attack, at a cost measured in lives, rights and opportunities. Image President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia delivers her address at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Thirtieth…

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106 governments step forward with 191 commitments to accelerate the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and advance progress for all women and girls

Stuart Mitchell

In the strongest multilateral stand for women and girls in 30 years, 106 governments from all regions have stepped forward with 191 commitments to accelerate progress for all women and girls by 2030. Launched recently by UN Women, the Beijing+30 Priority Actions Dashboard showcases governments’ voluntary commitments to women’s rights and demonstrates that gender equality remains a rallying force for multilateralism. “This act of showing up for the rights of women and girls affirms a powerful truth: gender equality remains a unifying force for the world. And multilateralism is still…

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