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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Empowering Future Generations.

Stories & Blogs UNSDGFeb 11, 2025(Speech )

Remarks made by the UN Secretary-General at the AI Action Summit 2025.

Female genital mutilation is violence against women and girls.

Stories & Blogs UN-WomenFeb 06, 2025(Statement )

UN Women statement on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.

UN deputy relief chief warns that human progress is impossible unless silencing of women ends

Stories & Blogs OCHAMar 12, 2024(Speech )

Remarks by Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Joyce Msuya

Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation

Stories & Blogs UNFPAFeb 06, 2024(Statement )

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation. This year, nearly 4.4 million girls will be at risk of this harmful practice. This equates to more than 12,000 cases every day.

Sustainable Development Not Possible ‘Without Equality for All Women, Girls’, Says Deputy Secretary-General, at Generation Equality Midpoint Moment Event

Stories & Blogs UNSep 17, 2023(Speech )

“Geopolitical tensions are exacerbating the progress made on women’s rights. Poverty is on the rise, families continue to go hungry at night, and the planet we call home is in havoc” Amins 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.

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.