International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Statement by the Heads of UN agencies, UNDP, UNICEF, […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 This story was originally […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at […]
Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women This year’s UN theme, “Orange the World: #HearMeToo” will […]
This video story is part of a series titled, “A true story, my story” produced by UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office for […]
Helen Tavares knew she was different, but it took her a long time to accept her own sexual and gender identity because of societal pressure […]
Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Through participatory theatre performances using acting and puppetry, women and men are speaking up to claim their rights, […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018 [also available in ar | […]
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018 Guatemala City. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown Berta Antonieta Bustamante was walking to school one day, barely 11 years old, when […]
Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Working with traditional leaders, UN Women and partners are building impetus for a continent-wide commitment to end child […]
Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Award-winning journalist Bettie Johnson Mbayo from Frontpage Africa took a 16-hour motorbike ride last year through Southeastern Liberia […]
Dunya Khalil* and Basma Hamed* are both survivors of domestic violence. Living in a rural area, with limited livelihood opportunities and confronted with the need […]
Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Date: Friday, November 16, 2018 Aiman Umarova. Photo: Yuliya Kozlova Aiman Umarova is an acclaimed Kazakhstani lawyer and […]
Across five rural Indian states, thousands of women have joined Women Peer Groups, which are using everything from protests to pledging ceremonies as part of […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 The official commemoration of […]
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Participants in the Change Makers Workshop at Beijing Royal School in China. Photo: Beijing Royal School Justin Zhao Peng, now […]
Currently, Latin America is leading globally in local and parliamentary positions held by women. But the journey to political participation is fraught with rising violence […]
For Ina Grădinaru, a psychologist with a women’s centre in Moldova, her work with survivors of violence is much more than a job, it’s a […]
Amira Kushta* was diagnosed with a rare tumor in the spine and was paralyzed after back surgery when she was 19. Her house became her […]
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Aissa Doumara Ngatansou. Photo: UN Women/Teclaire Same Aissa Doumara Ngatansou is a 46-year-old mother of three children from the Far […]
Nesrine Charikhi is a radio reporter from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. In 2017, she took part in a training on gender-sensitive reporting for journalists […]
In Thailand, women are no longer willing to stay silent and live with a culture of rape. Launched in 2015 by a young activist, the […]
The Violence Against Children report in Kenya (2010) indicated that one in three Kenyan girls has experienced sexual violence before they turn 18. Wangu Kanja, […]
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Elisa Zepeda Lagunas. More #HearMeToo stories from Latin America and the Caribbean Elisa Zepeda Lagunas, 34, is an aquaculture engineer, […]
Thai supermodel Cindy Sirinya Bishop is the founder of a campaign to stop victim-blaming, which has galvanized women all over the country. She is now […]
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Emmanuella Zandi Mudherwa. Photo: UN Women/ Carlos Ngeleka Emmanuella Zandi Mudherwa, 21, founded her own non-profit organization, “Ma Voisine” (My […]
Meet Imad Natour, a Palestinian police officer who specializes in domestic violence cases as part of the Family and Juvenile Protection Unit. The unit, supported […]
Women and girls bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change. Empowering women to fulfil their potential must therefore be at the heart of […]
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018 The Women’s Protection Centre teaches women like Tabasum Bahar how to create beautiful works of art such as elegant clothes […]
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018 Hajer Sharief, co-founder of “Together We Build it”. Photo: UN Women/ Mohamed Ezz More #HearMeToo stories from Arab States and […]
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018 UN Women celebrates the achievements of women who participated in the 2018 US midterm elections. Their historic victories indicate the […]
Priyanka Kumari, 21, is a facilitator at the Women’s Empowerment Centre in Dungarpur town, Dungarpur district, Rajasthan, India. She been working tirelessly to fight against […]
Malti Tudu, 20, from a village in Kishangunj district, Bihar, India is among a group of young passionate activists who are trying to stop child […]
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Justice Anisa Rasooli. Photo: UN Women/Ishaq Ali Anis Justice Anisa Rasooli was recently appointed as the first woman to sit […]
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018 Katia Uriona. Photo: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional Katia Uriona is the former President of the Electoral Tribunal of the Plurinational State […]
Date: Friday, November 2, 2018 Halima Askari. Photo: UN Women/Zahra Khudadadi Halima Askari became the first woman head of the Provincial Council in Afghanistan’s conservative […]
Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 The world’s first pioneering Gender Smart Investing Summit has launched in London. As latest figures reveal, the movement of gender smart capital […]
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Susan Nyuon Sebit, a representative of the Young Women for Peace and Leadership programme of the Global Network for Women […]
Leading American universities welcomed HeForShe and global thought leaders as part of a tour to further engage students in the achievement of gender equality Date: […]
Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Jean Arnault. Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Women spoke with Jean Arnault, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and […]
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