UN Women works around the world with local partners and other UN agencies, including UNHCR, to ensure that programming for refugees takes gender into account, enhancing women’s leadership and...
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UN Women works around the world with local partners and other UN agencies, including UNHCR, to ensure that programming for refugees takes gender into account, enhancing women’s leadership and...
“My life has been full of pain”, says Angela Muhindo, surveying the green landscape where she spent her childhood in Kasese, in Uganda’s Western Region. “In my community, women have less power, but...
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Since 2019, UN Women has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on “Contributing to the Empowerment of Women in Africa through Climate-Smart Agriculture”, a...
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This publication provides an overview of UN Women’s commitments to the humanitarian community guided by the “UN Women strategic plan 2022–2025”. It highlights areas where UN Women has a unique...
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At every stage of their displacement journey, refugees experience high levels of trauma and stress. Forced from their homes, at high risk of violence, and faced with separation from family, loss of...
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The climate crisis is not gender neutral. As its impacts worsen, women and girls are experiencing unique and disproportionate harm—with the fallout amplifying existing gender inequalities. Typically...
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FORWARD AND INTRODUCTION Twenty-two years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000) based on the recognition that peace and security are not achievable without the...
“As a male champion, I strive for gender inclusiveness and making gender parity a priority,” says local government Community Development Officer, Wilfred Nyeko. “Being a male champion means reporting...
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Girls aged 15 to 24 are three times more likely to acquire HIV than boys of the same age group in sub-Saharan Africa Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, UN...
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19 August is World Humanitarian Day, an opportunity to honour the humanitarian community and the life-saving work they perform every day. This year’s theme, “it takes a village”, recognizes the...
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Originally published on state.gov To mark the conclusion of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and UN Women...
From an FGM survivor to a practitioner to now an advocate working to eliminate the practice in her community, Priscilla Nanagiro is among 60 community activists working with a UN Women programme...
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As violent conflicts and humanitarian crises intensify globally, especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), communities are paying the price in the absence of political settlements and...
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20 June is World Refugee Day and this year’s theme is about the power of inclusion – “Together we heal, learn and shine”. Every two seconds, someone is forced to abandon their homes, fleeing crisis...
UN Women in partnership with UNFPA and UBOS commissioned a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) survey in Uganda’s four regions. The results are intended to provide policy and decision-makers...
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New report sounds the alarm on the impact of COVID-19 on gender equality in East and Southern Africa The pandemic has had far-reaching effects, particularly for women and girls, and will delay the...
Loyce Okalang: “She was holding the baby while on the phone with me, as her partner was trying to unlock the door” Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, globally, 243 million women and girls were...
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Regular resources allow the flexibility to allocate funds when and where they are most needed. As the COVID-19 crisis emerged and grew in magnitude, these unrestricted resources have enabled a faster...
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Authors/editor(s): Luisa Dietrich, Zorica Skakun, Angélica Cabezas Pino, and Maria Fernanda Novelo Duarte Aiming to contribute to the engendering of humanitarian work around the Grand Bargain’s...
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The SDG agenda and the Global Strategy for Women, Children and Adolescents Health call upon UN Member States and their partners to deliver on ambitious outcomes by 2030. This includes the unfinished...