The programme of side events and parallel events, or activities organized outside the formal programme of the session of the Commission, provides an excellent opportunity for Member States, UN ...

Following the Summit of the Future, where leaders adopted the Global Digital Compact recognizing the potential of digital technologies in transforming our world for the better, UN Women will work with ...

“I was in second grade when an elderly relative touched my chest while holding me on his lap. I knew something was wrong but didn’t tell my mother,” said Salma Sultana Sumi*, a student from a public ...

“After I found out that I was pregnant, I decided that I would never give up my child,” said Amna Salih.* When UN Women last spoke to Salih, she had recently given birth to a child after being raped ...

At the United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COPs) 29 on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November 2024, UN Women will press on the need for gender-responsive just transitions ...

For the first 50 days, I was kept in a torture chamber in Izolyatsia prison,” shared Lyudmila Huseynova. “In this place, you become a person without rights.” “From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., you stand with a ...

Below is information on previous sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women, including official documents and videos of panel discussions.

Normative aspects of the work of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women E/CN.6/2022/3 ...

The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 will guide UN Women’s work for the next four years. With an eye toward the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it details how UN Women will ...

The WYDE | Women’s Leadership Initiative is a collaborative global effort aimed at advancing women’s full and effective political participation and decision-making at all levels, especially those most ...