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‘Women try and make peace’ – Interview with Kenyan jurist Effie Owuor
Effie Owuor made history when she joined the Kenyan attorney general’s chambers as the country’s first female state council in 1967. In the years that followed, she became the first woman to serve as ...
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Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on the State of Israel to cease ...
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Care: A critical investment for gender equality and the rights of women and girls
26-year-old Firdez Ademoska is a Roma woman and a mother of three children in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (December 2016). She started dating her husband at the age of 11 and left her ...
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Care work: Building thriving, equitable, and sustainable economies and societies for generations of today and tomorrow
Today, and every day, we recognize the skilled and the essential work of paid and unpaid care workers around the world. Care work is the backbone of our well-being and prosperity. Without it, our ...
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Arab States
Since independence, Arab and North African countries have struggled with multiple challenges. These have slowed political, social, and economic development, although there has been progress in ...
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International Day of Care and Support
Everyone needs care. It is the often invisible and mostly unpaid work that sustains families, communities, and economies. On ...
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Women’s voices rising without fear: our goal and challenge for peace and security
Today, we commemorate the United Nations Day. We are reminded of the UN's noble mission to promote peace, human rights and development for all. We are reminded of the continued need for diplomacy, ...
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Two billion women and girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women report shows
New York, 15 October 2024 — UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and ...
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War on women – Proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubles in 2023
New York, 22 October - The effects of war and conflict on women and girls are worsening. In 2023, the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled compared to 2022. Four out of every ten ...
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8 actions to advance women’s role in peace and security
Women and girls are enduring conflicts in all regions of the world, from Haiti to Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, and beyond. In 2023, the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled compared ...
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Which government policies do the most to keep women out of poverty?
For years, governments across the globe have designed policies and programmes aiming to reduce and prevent poverty, vulnerability, and social exclusion. Known as social protection policies, these ...