Used Responsibly, Digital Technologies Can Be Catalysts of Economic, Social, Societal Transformation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Headquarters Event.
Stories & Blogs UNSep 17, 2023(Press Release )“The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development is in peril. For the first time in decades, development progress is reversing under the combined impact of interconnected crises” Amina Mohammed.
Speech: This is the moment, the opportunity, to finally call time on gender inequality.
Stories & Blogs UNSep 17, 2023(Speech )Opening remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Generation Equality Midpoint Moment, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 17 September 2023.
ECA to train trainers to improve women’s digital expertise in Tunisia
Stories & Blogs ECASep 01, 2023(Story )The ECA gender equality and women empowerment section is holding on 4-7 September in Tunis a national workshop on the “Digital upskilling of women and girls in Tunisia”.
3rd Edition of the NTA Africa Conference: Focus on Demographic Dividend, Generational Economics and Sustainable Development in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECASep 01, 2023(Story )The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA), in partnership with the NTA Africa Network via its Secretariat, the Regional Consortium for Research in Generational Economy (CREG), the Population
Off-track cervical cancer progress risks 70 000 deaths every year in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 31, 2023(News )About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to critical services for timely detection, care and prevention.
African health ministers kick off region’s flagship health meeting
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 28, 2023(News )African health ministers and government representatives opened the Seventy-third session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa to discuss and agree on key measures to address the region’s health challenges, advance and promo
Young entrepreneurs set to lead the African Free Trade Area
Stories & Blogs IFCAug 23, 2023(News )Under the theme “Igniting the Future for Youth in Trade”, the workshop equipped over 50 youth entrepreneurs with the skills and tools to successfully participate in intra-Africa trade.
Less than 1% of women and girls live in a country with high women’s empowerment and high gender parity
Stories & Blogs UNSDGJul 18, 2023(News )The report sees UN Women and UNDP join forces to propose the Women's Empowerment Index (WEI) and the Global Gender Parity Index (GGPI) as the twin indices for measuring gender parity and women’s empowerment.
We must dismantle barriers to women’s political participation. Here’s why JULY 5, 2023
Stories & Blogs UNDPJul 05, 2023(Blog post )The recently released 2023 update of UNDP’s Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) underscores the significant obstacles women and girls confront in realizing their potential, spanning from politics to corporate boardrooms.
UN Women integrates digital technologies into women's economic empowerment programmes
Stories & Blogs UN WomenMar 26, 2023(Story )In Liberia, UN Women is collaborating with Orange Foundation and the Government to economically empower women through digital innovations and technology to promote gender equality.