Reality check: It's 2025 and yet we are witnessing a backlash against women's rights and #GenderEquality! At the current rate of progress, a girl born today will be nearly: 🤯40 years old before women hold as many seats in parliament as men. 🤯68 years old before child marriage is eradicated. 😔And she will never live to see the end of extreme poverty for women and girls—a goal that will take another 137 years to achieve. We refuse to wait this long! We must demand rights, equality, and empowerment #ForAllWomenAndGirls. Learn how: https://lnkd.in/gBrHHHUJ
UN Women
International Affairs
New York, NEW YORK 1,497,123 followers
The UN entity for gender equality & the empowerment of women & girls.
About us
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. #CSW67 #IWD2023 #PowerOn UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to implement these standards. It stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation; ending violence against women; engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; and making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting. UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality.
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- International Affairs
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- New York, NEW YORK
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- Nonprofit
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- 2010
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- Leadership and participation, Ending violence against women and girls, Economic empowerment, Peace and security, and National planning and budgeting
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Employees at UN Women
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Christina Teo - Speaker, Podcaster, Community builder
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Updates
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Three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine has pushed an entire generation of Ukrainian women backwards: 😔 heightened exposure to gender-based violence 😔 rising unemployment 😔 decreased decision-making power 😔 greater domestic burdens More than ever, we need women’s full engagement to rebuild a gender-equal society in Ukraine. We call for investment on women’s empowerment and #GenderEquality in all recovery and development efforts. 🔗 Full press release: https://lnkd.in/e254pXgV
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📣 #ForAllWomenAndGirls - no exceptions. Women and girls are often the first victims of conflict, but they are ALWAYS our greatest hope for peace and recovery. Their rights are not optional. More from our Executive Director: https://lnkd.in/eyJy_ubR
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🔊Listen to Afghan women and girls. 📢Remember their words and call to action. ✊Support their struggle. 💰Invest in their resistance. UN Women is supporting Afghan women and girls in every way, elevating their voices, priorities, and recommendations, funding the services they so desperately need, and supporting their businesses and organizations. Their fight is our global fight. #Afghanistan @unwomenafghan
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The full-scale invasion of #Ukraine continues to take an unimaginable toll on the lives of women and girls. We call for renewed financial & political support to women’s rights organizations and women leaders in Ukraine to: 🟡Deliver humanitarian assistance 🟡Participate in early recovery 🟡Engage in peace processes There can be no lasting peace in Ukraine without women at the table. Our press briefing: https://lnkd.in/eVMFmkZN
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Today we remember Nina Simone, born #OnThisDay in 1933. She used the power of music to inspire and speak up for equal rights. #BlackHistoryMonth
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"Don’t listen to those who doubt you. Just keep going. Learning and hard work always bear fruit," says Roksolana Rosolovska, Ukrainian entrepreneur. We continue to support women entrepreneurs like Roksolana in rebuilding their lives and communities amidst Russia’s war on #Ukraine. 👉 Find out how she is advocating for resilience and women-led businesses: https://lnkd.in/g8svGnVU
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"The time for 50/50 gender parity is NOW!" A tireless advocate for women’s rights, Dr. Nicole Ameline calls for bold action to achieve gender equality by 2030. 🚀✨ In her interview, she highlights the urgent need for: ⚖️ Stronger laws 🌍 Feminist diplomacy 🗣️ Engaging younger generations Read her full insights 📖 https://lnkd.in/d4ZgSDuC #Beijing30 #RegionalReviewMeeting
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In 1995, 17,000 activists united at the Beijing Conference to champion women’s rights #ForAllWomenAndGirls. Our Deputy Executive Director, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, was one of them, advocating for Rights. Empowerment. Equality—and the power of collective action to transform the world. 🌟30 years later, her leadership inspires us to act—because women’s rights can’t wait. Read her reflections on the journey: https://lnkd.in/ec29_95w #Beijing30
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Three years into the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, women and girls are facing devastating effects: 🚨 1.8 million internally displaced 🚨 6.7 million in need of humanitarian assistance We call for a scale-up support to women and girls. 🔗Our press release: https://lnkd.in/enkwpUkC
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