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The Future We Want Requires More Women in Diplomacy

On 24 June, we commemorate the International Day of Women in Diplomacy. I welcome this initiative of the United Nations General Assembly, under the leadership of the President of the seventy-sixth ...
ZAWYA

Strengthening Gender Equality Commitments Amid Global Shifts: United Nations (UN) Women Deputy Executive Director to Visit Zimbabwe

This strategic engagement aims to reaffirm UN Women’s commitment to Zimbabwe, strengthen partnerships, and mobilize collective action to safeguard and advance progress on gender equality and women’s ...
The Hoya

PANEL: United Nations Must Increase Support for Women in Afghanistan

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mandate and a holistic human rights approach are crucial steps in combating the Taliban’s efforts to restrict Afghan women and children ...
The Hill

Taliban prohibit Afghan women from working for the United Nations in the country, UN says

The Taliban are banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations in the country, the latest curtailment of women’s rights since the group took over Afghanistan in 2021. Stéphane Dujarric, a ...
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Intersectional Solidarity: We Are All the United Nations

On 20 March 2025, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held a panel discussion entitled “Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which focused on ...
New York Post

United Nations holds panel on fighting violence against women, girls in sports

Female athletes and global human rights leaders called on the United Nations to protect safety and fairness for women in sports during an event at the general assembly on Wednesday. Alliance Defending ...
New York Sun

Hear Our Voices: Jewish Women Bear Witness to the Atrocities Committed by Hamas Against Women

‘In the face of terror, we cannot be quiet,’ Sheryl Sandberg tells a gathering of 800 women at the United Nations. Protestors gather at the offices of the United Nations Women on November 27, 2023 at ...
Business Wire

Perfect Corp. Pledges Support for United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles to Further Promote Gender Equality

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perfect Corp., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty and fashion tech solutions provider, has announced its pledge of support for the ...
The New York Times

Taliban Bar Women From U.N., Threatening Afghanistan’s Last Lifeline

The Taliban administration extended a ban on women working in aid organizations to the United Nations, putting at risk one of the country’s last sources of badly needed aid. By Christina Goldbaum ...
Celebrity Causes

Whoopi Goldberg Joins United Nations WPHF as Global Patron

The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is proud to announce that entertainment legend Whoopi Goldberg will serve as WPHF’s Global Patron. An iconic actor, producer, and activist ...
The Royal Gazette

People encouraged to apply for United Nations Women consultant post

The Ministry of Social Development and Seniors is looking for applicants interested in working with the United Nations Women as a consultant. The post is the third advertised by UN Women in connection ...