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 ...

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.

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 ...

Girls are leaders. Girls are change-makers. Girls are driving good and growth around the world. They are a fundamental source of transformational change for gender equality, and technology is a ...

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. During its annual two ...

NGOs with valid UN grounds passes need not indicate prior interest in attending events unless specified by event sponsors. Side events on UN premises are not ticketed unless they are by invitation ...

Academy Award–winning actress Nicole Kidman was appointed Goodwill Ambassador in January 2006. As UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, her efforts are geared towards raising awareness on the infringement of ...

National legal systems and public policy frameworks have often overlooked the crisis of violence against women. But, when brought into alignment with global norms and standards, laws and policies can ...

The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. It also laid out concrete ways ...

Women and men have different health-care needs, but an equal right to live healthily. For many women and girls, however, gender discrimination systematically undermines their access to health care, ...

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere. Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual ...

Worldwide, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. As a result, there’s a lifetime of income inequality between men and women and more women are retiring into poverty. This stubborn ...