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MINURSO Tindouf Liaison Office hosted an interagency celebration where women working with the UNHCR, UNHCR Western Sahara operations, WFP, UNMAS and MINURSO gathered to mark International Women Day.
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NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the Security Council briefing by SRSG Roza Otunbayeva Read…
Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, assistant secretary-general for Africa at the United Nations, reflects on several inspiring examples of women overcoming differences and leading movements for peace, gender equality and women’s rights…
Victoria Chon, an 82-year-old South Sudanese lawmaker is an inspiration to women and young girls across the world. She believes education for all is essential for the world's newest nation to successfully complete its…
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UNMHA has been working in Yemen’s Hudaydah governorate since 2019 to oversee the implementation of the Agreement on the City of Hudaydah and its Ports. The Mission is dedicated to championing gender equality and women…
Thank you Jenifer, and good afternoon to all of you and let me start by wishing you all the very best on International Women’s Day. The Syrian Women’s Advisory Board is meeting today and actually the whole week in Den Haag…
Tripoli – 8 March 2023 – Libyan women are a force for change and will play a crucial role in the future of Libya. As UNSMIL works to help break the current deadlock and enable elections in 2023, I urge women across Libya to…
The campaign to reach gender equality in the world is an every day pursuit – but one that takes particular significance today, on International Women's Day. This year’s theme is “ DigitALL: Innovation and technology for…
The campaign to reach gender equality in the world is an every day pursuit – but one that takes particular significance today, on International Women's Day. This year’s theme is “ DigitALL: Innovation and technology for…
MINURSO Tindouf Liaison Office hosted an interagency celebration where women working with the UNHCR, UNHCR Western Sahara operations, WFP, UNMAS and MINURSO gathered to mark International Women Day.
Around the world, progress on women’s rights is vanishing before our eyes. The latest forecasts estimate that on our current track, it will take another 300 years to reach full gender equality. Today’s cascading crises, from…
A two-day consultation in Bor saw cogent discussions on key issues - full and equal participation of women and displaced people in constitution-making; fortified security structures as well as upcoming elections. 89…