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Women’s political leadership declines, with fewer women in executive office in 2025
Fewer women hold top political offices in 2025. UN Women reports rising barriers, political violence and setbacks in gender ...
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Nearly eight out of 10 young Afghan women are excluded from education, jobs, and training
UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality ...
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Humanitarian funding cuts threaten women’s rights: What’s at stake and how to help
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Women in Afghanistan have not stopped striving for their rights, and neither should we
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Intensified military operations will bring increased death and despair for Rafah’s 700,000 women and girls
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Myanmar Earthquake 2025: What it means for women and girls
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Speech: Gender equality – just, prudent, and essential for everything we all aspire to
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Speech: We are not deterred – Let us push forward together for gender equality
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Facts and figures: Humanitarian action
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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Speech: ‘The patriarchy may be pushing back, but so are we’
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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'We want to have our voices out there' – Young women speak out at CSW68
Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...
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UN Women Highlights 2024-2025
This is not the moment to pull back. It is the moment to step forward. UN Women will continue to push for progress. Delivering for 4 billion women and girls In 2025, UN Women, the youngest UN ...