UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their ...

UN Women implements programmes (and their component projects) at country, multi-country, and regional levels through implementing partners, which include government entities, non-governmental ...

Stela attends the eighth grade and her dream is to become a world boxing champion. Photo: UN Women Moldova/ Diana Savina. The world of women’s sports is undergoing a game-changing transformation, ...

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 ...

Hunger has a woman’s face. In nearly two-thirds of countries, women are more likely than men to report food insecurity. The world’s worst food insecurity is in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting half the ...

All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board. From ...

National plans, policies, institutions and budgets are where governments begin to translate commitments to women into practical progress towards gender equality. Too often, however, they overlook ...

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Worldwide, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. As a result, there’s a lifetime of income inequality between men and women and more women are retiring into poverty. This stubborn ...

The United Nations General Assembly, through General Assembly resolution 64/289, decided to establish the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known as ...

UN Women procures more than USD 176 million worth of services and goods each year to support its programme of work. UN Women is committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women ...

Annotated provisional agenda and proposed organization of work E/CN.6/2024/1/ADD.1 Proposed organization of work E/CN.6/2024/2 Normative aspects of the work of the United Nations Entity for Gender ...