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We know from decades of research that when girls and women are educated, we see faster poverty reduction, better maternal health, lower child mortality, greater HIV prevention and reduced violence.

The Handbook serves as a useful tool in supporting efforts to provide justice, support, protection and remedies to victims and to hold perpetrators accountable.

Poverty can increase violence. P articular groups of women, including women and girls living in poverty, face multiple forms of discrimination, and face increased risks of violence as a result.

Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating ...

This policy paper explores the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by racially marginalized women, rooted in systemic racism, sexism, and other systems of inequality. It offers ...

The Strategic Plan 2022–2025 will guide UN Women for the next four years—with an eye toward the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It articulates how UN Women will leverage ...

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action turns 30 this year and is still the world’s most comprehensive, visionary plan ever created to achieve equal rights of ALL women and girls. The world ...

The 2024 edition of the “World survey on the role of women in development” takes stock of progress, gaps, and challenges in building comprehensive, gender-responsive social protection systems. It ...

Varios acuerdos internacionales rigen la labor de ONU Mujeres: El Plan estratégico de ONU Mujeres, 2022–2025 describe la dirección estratégica, los objetivos y los enfoques de ONU Mujeres para apoyar ...

UN Women’s Empowering Women in Crisis project, funded by the government of Japan, has provided relief and support to 11 women’s shelters throughout Sri Lanka.

This brief highlights emerging evidence of the impact of the recent global pandemic of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls. It makes recommendations to be considered by all sectors of society ...