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War on women – Proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubles in 2023
The effects of war and conflict on women and girls are worsening. In 2023, the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts ...
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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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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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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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Statement by Wai Wai Nu at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
President, Excellencies, civil society colleagues, I am honored to brief you at this year’s open debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). I am Wai Wai Nu, the Founder and Executive Director of Women ...
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Unpaid but essential: How women’s care work powers Mali’s economy
Women in Mali suffer from chronic time poverty, spending almost four times as much on unpaid care and domestic work than men—significantly more than the global average where women and girls do 2.5 ...
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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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Women and girls with disabilities
It is estimated that one in five women live with a disability [1]. Women with disabilities experience various types of impairments—including physical, psychosocial, intellectual, and sensory ...
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Women’s leadership and political participation
From the local to the global level, women’s leadership and political participation are restricted. Women are underrepresented as voters, as well as in leading positions, whether in elected office, the ...
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The Shadow Pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19
One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, ...