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Op-ed: The cost of motherhood and the gender pay gap

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11 March 2026

Speech: The headwinds are strong, but our shared resolve to advance women’s rights is stronger

Closing remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Commission on the Status of Women at its Seventieth Session, UN Headquarters, 19 March 2026.

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19 March 2026

Youth leaders call for transformative justice reforms at CSW70

A youth leader speaks at CSW70

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17 March 2026

Press briefing by UN Women on the impact of recent hostilities, Decree No. 12 and the widening justice gap for women and girls in Afghanistan

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17 March 2026

Justice must work for all women and girls, and for every generation – At CSW70, young leaders and women’s rights advocates tackle the justice gap across the life course

At the annual ‘CSW Youth Forum’ on 8 March and at a panel discussion on ‘Intergenerational approaches to access to justice across the life-course’ on 13 March, girls, young feminists, older women advocates, civil society organizations, and policymakers came together to demand access to justice for all women and girls across the life course. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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17 March 2026

UN Women Executive Director’s message for World Water Day

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16 March 2026

Durable impact and delivery at the centre of efforts to end violence against women and girls

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16 March 2026

World leaders at CSW70 put ending violence against women and girls at the top of the agenda

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous speaking at the first-ever annual High-level Meeting on Violence Against Women and Girls held during the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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16 March 2026

Women leaders call for stronger justice systems for women and girls at CSW70

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous (centre) with an intergenerational group of women leaders at a High-Level side event on the sidelines of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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13 March 2026

Advancing justice in every context: CSW70 event spotlights women’s access to justice in conflicts

Alexander De Croo, Sima Bahous, and Peter Derrek Hof sitting together

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13 March 2026