Macroeconomic and social policies are crucial instruments guiding the achievement of women’s empowerment and gender equality. Macroeconomic policies do not necessarily affect men and women in the same ...

On 8 March 2025, join us 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 ...

Consultoria para elaboração de um Relatório de estudo de referência sobre gênero e mudanças climáticas, bem como a construção das bases de dados para a criação de um Atlas de Informação sobre gênero e ...

As part of its Beijing+20 campaign and its work to engage men and boys on gender equality and women’s empowerment, UN Women participated in the second MenEngage Global Symposium from 10-13 November in ...

New York, 19 December, 2024 – Women's representation in political leadership remained critically low in 2024. Only five women were elected as Heads of State out of 31 direct presidential elections ...

Several common tools and strategies help improve the status of women in the UN system. They are briefly described here, accompanied by the most recent UN Women data on usage, as well as examples and ...

A group of graffiti artists (all young women) painted orange murals in Zone 18 in Guatemala City in support of UN Women and the UNiTE campaign to End Violence against Women. Photo: UN Women/Carlos ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

Climate change is making our world more dangerous. Catastrophic storms, of increased frequency and strength, are destroying lives, vital infrastructures, homes, and businesses. Severe droughts are ...

UN Women provides grants to fuel innovative, high-impact programmes by government agencies and civil society groups through two funds—the Fund for Gender Equality and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence ...

National legal systems and public policy frameworks have often overlooked the crisis of violence against women. But, when brought into alignment with global norms and standards, laws and policies can ...

The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. It also laid out concrete ways ...