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Call for Applications: UN Women Africa Youth Steering Committee Application Deadline: 21 October 2022.

At Generation Equality Forum in Paris. Check against delivery.

TANZANIA has been commended for efforts towards gender equality and women rights, including establishment of national advisory committee to oversee implementation of its generation equality commitments.

In the past three years, advocates have formed theme-focused networks, campaigns and initiatives to amplify their voices

Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, says inadequate investment in girls' rights implementation is limiting adolescent females...

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to celebrating adolescent girl leaders, in all their diversity. This year's theme, “Our time is now – our rights, our future”, reflects their tenacity to drive change as transformative feminist leaders—right now.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, an occasion devoted to celebrating the girls and young women driving change around the world. From fighting against bias and discrimination to advocating for climate action, girls are at the forefront of some of the biggest battles of our time—pushing to make the future better not just for women but for everyone.

On 23 September, leaders and allies gathered at the first Generation Equality Accountability Moment to reflect on one year of progress and reaffirm accountability and transparency as the cornerstones for Generation Equality success. Held in the context of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, the event brought together a vibrant group of multi-stakeholder partners to review and track initial implementation of the commitments made across the six Action Coalitions and Compact on Women, Peac...

COVID has revealed the world’s dependence on women as unpaid and primary care-givers. Women’s work has proven essential. But it remains largely unrecognized and unsupported, especially in times of crisis. This has had results that have seriously and negatively affected women’s livelihoods and futures.

Generation Equality is our bold collective promise to the world’s women and girls. If we succeed, Generation Equality will accelerate the world’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and transform lives for generations to come. And we must succeed. Our ambitions are urgent. Women and girls continue to face the aftershocks of the pandemic, and all over the world we see rising threats to women’s rights. UN Women data show that—at the current rate of progress—it may take close t...