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Gender stereotypes remain a barrier to women’s access to justice

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12 March 2026

Speech: Women and girls must live lives free of violence in all spaces, everywhere

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Commission on the Status of Women High-Level Meeting on Violence against Women and Girls (morning session), on 12 March 2026, at UN Headquarters. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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12 March 2026

Speech: Justice goes beyond the courtroom to encompass accessible, coordinated, and adequately resourced systems

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks at the CSW high-level meeting on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, 12 March 2026, UN Headquarters. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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12 March 2026

G77 and Emerging Partners Ministerial Roundtable highlights pathways to accelerate sustainable financing for gender equality

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12 March 2026

Speech: Justice - the bedrock of every right to which women and girls are entitled

Scene from the CSW70 side event “Bridging Systemic Gaps: Advancing Justice for All Women and Girls,” held in the ECOSOC Chamber at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 10 March 2026. UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous speaking into a microphone, with her nameplate visible in front of her.

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10 March 2026

Justice is the foundation of every right that women and girls are entitled to — CSW70 calls for action to close the justice gap

At CSW70 event, "Bridging Systemic Gaps: Advancing Justice for All Women and Girls", leaders and experts examined why formal and informal justice systems continue to fail women and girls, and what it will take to fix them. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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12 March 2026

Only 1 in 7 countries is led by a woman as global political power remains dominated by men

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11 March 2026

Speech: UN Secretary-General’s remarks to the Town Hall of Women Civil Society Leaders

UN Secretary-General António Guterres

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10 March 2026

Governments reach a powerful global agreement to strengthen access to justice for all women and girls

Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations and CSW70 Chair Maritza Chan Valverde gavels the adoption of the draft agreed conclusions

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10 March 2026

Speech: UN Secretary-General’s remarks to the opening of the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

António Guterres speaks from a podium

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9 March 2026