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Inequalities remain persistently stark in the world today. From 1988 and 2008, the wealthiest 5 per cent of people captured 44 per cent of global income, while little changed for the poorest. In ...

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UN Women procures more than USD 176 million worth of services and goods each year to support its programme of work. UN Women is committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women ...

“Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice” looks at how the legal system can play a positive role in women accessing their rights, citing cases that have changed women's lives both at a ...

Two years into Sudan’s civil war, more than 12 million people have been displaced—over half of them women and children. As gender-based violence surges and essential services collapse, this explainer ...

An online platform with training courses and tools in different languages, creating a productive and accessible learning environment on gender equality and women’s empowerment. The overall learning, ...

The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. It also laid out concrete ways ...

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The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) has one guiding purpose: to support national, women-led civil society organizations in achieving women’s economic and political empowerment and the Sustainable ...

The mission of UN Women is to accelerate progress on gender equality worldwide. To achieve this, we not only promote the rights, empowerment, and safety of all women and girls, but work with partners ...