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This year’s call to #ActForHumanity is more urgent than ever. The humanitarian landscape is collapsing under escalating ...
The Asia and the Pacific region contains some of the world’s most powerful economies—and two-thirds of its poorest people. Rich in political, cultural and other forms of diversity, it faces common ...
Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters and threats, including climate change. The overall goal of UN Women’s disaster risk reduction and resilience work is to save lives and ...
Generation Equality is the world’s leading effort to unlock political will and accelerate investment and implementation on gender equality. At the Generation Equality midpoint, this second ...
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 ...
Amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the evaluation offices of UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP conducted an inter-agency synthesis of UN system evaluations related to SDG 5 ...
The GICC is a dynamic partnership between UN Women and key representatives from the private sector, academia, and non-profit institutions focused on developing the innovation market to work better for ...
This methodological briefing note has been developed to contribute to strengthening the quality and availability of data on violence against women 60 years and older. It summarizes the work conducted ...
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have made significant commitments to women’s rights.
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) discusses global economic, social and environmental challenges. It coordinates the related work of UN entities and regional commissions, as well as of its ...
On one end of this diverse region, the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe aspire to accession to the European Union. Membership criteria, including on women’s rights and gender equality, ...