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Why women’s organizations are essential for reducing violence against women.
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Migration: a powerful story of resilience, connection, and shared progress
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Statement and call to action to end digital violence against all women and girls by France on behalf of the High-Level Network on Gender-Responsive Policing to mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence under the theme: “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls.”
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Online violence is spilling offline: Four in ten of the women surveyed also reported experiencing offline attacks connected to digital abuse.
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With the rise of cyber blackmail and online violence, Yemeni women are breaking the silence and demanding more from the justice system.
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UN Women statement for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2025
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As online abuse against journalists intensifies globally, understanding how women reporters navigate these hostile digital environments and what can be done to protect them has become critical to defending press freedom itself.
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UN Women statement for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2025
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Discover how intersectional advocacy – uniting gender equality and disability rights – creates better outcomes for women and girls, especially those living with disabilities.
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Digital violence against women is exploding across Latin America. For women in public life—politicians, journalists, activists, human rights defenders—online abuse isn't just a nuisance. It's a weapon. And it doesn't stay online. A 2023 UN Women study on digital violence against women in public life across Latin America found that half of women interviewed had experienced threats, groping in public spaces, or had their photos weaponized on social media to harass them. But women aren't accepting those rules. Across the region, survivors are reshaping laws, demanding accountability, and redefining what it means to participate in public life in the digital age.
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This World AIDS Day, let’s recommit. We must reverse disinvestment, centre gender equality and human rights in the AIDS response, and maintain political will for prevention, care, and treatment. That means increasing domestic funding, ending violence, and supporting the networks of women whose leadership is transforming lives.
South Africa’s G20 Women’s Shutdown – a turning point for ending gender-based violence and femicide?
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On 21 November, just days before the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, South African women brought their country to a standstill with a powerful message: declare gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) a national disaster.
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Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the official United Nations commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2025, UN Headquarters.
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Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, following her visit to Gaza in November 2025
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Joint statement and call to action to end digital violence against all women and girls, on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2025, UN headquarters.
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In 2024, 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members – one every 10 minutes – according to data released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women, with levels unchanged despite years of global commitments.
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Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are at the forefront of movements for dignity, justice, and equality around the world. We call on Member States to amplify their voices and expertise, adopt laws and policies that protect them and their civic space, ensure accountability for those who target or harm them, and increase flexible, direct funding for WHRDs and their organizations.
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This is a crucial step forward that keeps gender equality at the centre of the climate agenda.
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UN Women has officially opened its new UN Women Bonn Global Office - a move that boosts the organization's global presence and strengthens efforts to advance women's rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of all women and girls at a time when progress is under threat in many corners of the world.
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The Republic of Moldova has taken a bold step to protect women and girls from digital violence and, for the first time, criminalizes several forms of such abuse, including stalking.