Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation worldwide. Nearly 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, and despite concerted efforts by UN ...

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is the world’s most comprehensive, visionary plan ever created to achieve the equal rights of ALL women and girls. Agreed by 189 governments in 1995, at ...

When different parts of the multilateral system act together, they can deliver greater results—and maximize the use of scarce resources. Within the UN system, UN Women is mandated to lead, promote and ...

Since their adoption more than 13 years ago, significant and substantial progress has been made in meeting many of the eight Millennium Development Goals, including visible improvements in all health ...

Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2023. The crisis of gender-based violence is urgent. Nearly one in three women experience violence in their lifetime.

Every woman and girl has the right to a life free of violence. Let us make this a reality! Benefiting thousands of women and girls and their communities across the world, the UN Trust Fund to End ...

Canadian Federation of University Women, Graduate Women International (GWI), and Women Graduates – USA, Inc. E/CN.6/2025/NGO/39 Women for Water Partnership E/CN.6/2025/NGO/40 Human Rights Consortium ...

Découvrez les derniers faits et chiffres sur les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF). Découvrez combien de femmes et de filles sont concernées, où les MGF sont les plus répandues et pourquoi il est ...

We join the Secretary-General in expressing hope that all parties will honor their commitments to ensure this agreement paves the way for a lasting peace for women and girls in Palestine, Israel, and ...

#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30 th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda from Zimbabwe, UN Women Deputy Executive ...

After Israeli forces escalated their attacks on Lebanon in late September 2024, more than 500,000 women and girls were displaced from their homes and disconnected from their work, communities, and ...

#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30 th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Sandra Patricia Aguilar Carabalí leads youth and women’s resistance in ...