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Press briefing by UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls

An injured child lays on a hospital cot while a women comforts her

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28 March 2025

'Life has stopped. We didn’t sleep all night, paralyzed' – Women of Gaza report intolerable toll of the war

17-year-old Noor, pictured in Gaza City, Jabalia Camp on 21 March 2025. Photo: UNICEF/UNI766969/Nateel

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27 March 2025

Speech: The Political Declaration’s vision must be made real – Change is there now to be grasped

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers closing remarks at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 21 March 2025, UN headquarters. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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21 March 2025

Young feminist leadership at CSW69: Mobilizing a generation for gender equality, 30 years after the Beijing Platform for Action

Scenes from the CSW69 High-level interactive dialogue with youth representatives on 14 March. The interactive dialogue reflected on the progress made since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action with youth representatives sharing insights, voicing challenges, and proposing innovative solutions to persistent issues such as gender-based violence, access to education, and economic empowerment. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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18 March 2025

Civil society and youth leaders engage with United Nations experts to push forward for gender equality

At a side event during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) on 13 March, titled Youth Youth leaders and civil society representatives share their reflections about the Beijing+30 regional reviews at a side event organized by UN Women during CSW69. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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14 March 2025

Advancing digital and financial inclusion of women: CSW69 event highlights pathways to women's economic empowerment

High-level panellists speak at the Ministerial Roundtable on Digital and Financial Inclusion for Women's Empowerment. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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13 March 2025

For ALL women and girls: CSW69 event announces action agenda to accelerate progress on women’s rights

Global leaders and experts convene at the “For ALL Women and Girls: The Beijing+30 Action Agenda” event during CSW69 to discuss the six key actions to make faster strides towards gender equality. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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13 March 2025

Speech: Pushing forward for progress – Priority actions to drive real change

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers opening remarks at the Commission on the Status of Women high-level side event, “For ALL Women and Girls – The Beijing+30 Action Agenda”, 12 March 2025, UN headquarters. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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12 March 2025

Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity

Anastasiia Pyrohova, psychologist and the coordinator of the Women’s New Horizons project, run by the local group Women’s Perspectives, works in Sambir, Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Women’s Perspectives.

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12 March 2025

Facts and figures: Women’s leadership and political participation

A village council head from a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in India attends a meeting organized by UN Women’s partner The Hunger Project, to develop her leadership skills. Women get together to discuss priority issues and find solutions to problems such as alcoholism, lack of roads or drinking water.

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11 March 2026