Women and Girls

At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28, UN Women will ensure that women and girls’ rights, abilities, and needs are taken into account in climate debates and incorporated into government policies.At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28, UN Women will ensure that women and girls’ rights, abilities, and needs are taken […]

A discussion, held as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, gathered key Nordic regional decision-makers, including senior representatives from the police, civil society, and political sectors to discuss how gender-responsive policing can work to end violence against women and girls.A discussion, held as part of the 16 Days of Activism

Through a partnership with UN Women Ilitha Labantu launched a programme in 2021 to work with the South African Police Service on a survivor-centred approach to instruct officers on working with survivors of gender-based violence.Through a partnership with UN Women Ilitha Labantu launched a programme in 2021 to work with the South African Police Service

Statement and call to action for increased investment on prevention by nine UN entities on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 22 November 2023, UN headquarters.Statement and call to action for increased investment on prevention by nine UN entities on the occasion of the

By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food insecurity. The climate crisis fuels increases in conflict and migration, as well as exclusionary, anti-rights political rhetoric targeting women, refugees, and other vulnerable groups. Those dire trends—and ways to reverse them—are charted

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Office of the Spokesperson Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison will travel to Accra, Ghana December 3-7 for the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial.  The Assistant Secretary will accompany Head of Delegation U.S. Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield and other U.S. officials. Assistant Secretary Sison will attend a U.S.-hosted side event