2 The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 established gender mainstreaming as the global strategy for promoting gender equality. 1 The outcome document of this Conference, the Beijing Platform for Action, identified twelve critical areas of concern for urgent action to accelerate the achievement of gender
WORLD SURVEY ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT | 2019 6 CONTENTS 1. ABOUT THE WORLD SURVEY ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT A. Introduction B. Current context C. Addressing income and time …
International Women’s Day - UN Women – Headquarters
This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024, join the United Nations in celebrating under the theme Invest in women: Accelerate progress. The world is facing many crises, ranging from geopolitical conflicts to soaring poverty levels and the escalating impacts of climate change. These challenges can only be addressed by solutions that empower ...
Welcome | UN Women – Headquarters
UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. We are trusted partners for advocates and decision-makers from all walks of life, and a leader in the effort to achieve gender equality.
Five things to accelerate women’s economic empowerment
Rights. Human rights are at the core of women’s economic empowerment. Unjust, patriarchal economic systems perpetuate gender inequality, and discriminatory social norms stand in the way of women’s access to information, networks, jobs, and assets. Globally, on average, women have only 64 per cent of the legal rights enjoyed by men.
Intersectional feminism: what it means and why it matters ...
Jul 1, 2020 — Intersectional feminism centres the voices of those experiencing overlapping, concurrent forms of oppression in order to understand the depths of the inequalities and the relationships among them in any given context. Valdecir Nascimento. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown. In Brazil, Valdecir Nascimento, a prominent women’s rights activist, says ...
Five ways to build gender equality and sustainability
Feb 28, 2022 — The Food and Agriculture Organization projects that if women farmers had equal access to productive resources, their farm yields would increase by 20 to 30 per cent. This could provide enough food to keep 100 to 150 million people from going hungry, reducing global hunger by 12 to 17 per cent. Increasing the productive capacity of women ...
FAQs: Types of violence against women and girls
Violence against women and girls is one of the world’s most prevalent human rights violations, taking place every day, many times over, in every corner of the globe. It has serious short- and long-term physical, economic and psychological consequences on women and girls, preventing their full and equal participation in society.
The 11 biggest hurdles for women’s equality by 2030
Sep 7, 2023 — Where legislation does exist to promote gender equality, effective implementation remains a challenge. 11. Lack of access to clean energy and sanitation. An estimated 341 million women and girls are projected to lack electricity by 2030. Universal access could significantly reduce poverty and improve women’s health.
Explainer: How gender inequality and climate change are ...
Feb 28, 2022 — As climate change drives conflict across the world, women and girls face increased vulnerabilities to all forms of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, human trafficking, child marriage, and other forms of violence. When disasters strike, women are less likely to survive and more likely to be injured due to long ...