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This beat covers policies about gender equality, empowering of women, issues of violence against women, and gender-related rights.

A view of the head table during the opening session of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Gertrude Mongella (left, standing at the podium), Secretary-General of the Conference, delivers her address.
Gender Equality

Gertrude Mongella, 80, reflects on the landmark Beijing Conference and lessons for the future

Social Protection At the close of the conference in 1995, she said: ‘A revolution has begun. There’s no going back.’
African women leaders and partner organizations.
Gender Equality

African women are leading, but more support is needed

Gender EqualitySocial Protection On the sidelines of CSW69 and the Beijing +30 commemorations, African women leaders met to discuss the progress made and the challenges that remain on the continent.
Senegalese women transforming dumpsite into urban gardens.
Gender Equality

The Senegalese women transforming polluted spaces into urban gardens

climate A story of resilience, innovation, food security and climate change mitigation.
A woman.
Gender Equality

Nonhlanhla Dlamini: Leading the fight against gender-based violence in Eswatini

Gender Based Violence

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A woman.
Gender Equality

Empowering change: Safeguarding women in Sierra Leone

Jewel Taylor, Vice President of Liberia.
Gender Equality

Liberia’s vice-president lauds women’s role in mitigating impact of climate change

In Bol, Chad, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed meets Halima Yakoy Adam who survived a Boko Haram suicide bombing mission. Photo: Daniel Dickinson, UN News

Ending violence against women and girls in the Sahel: crucial for sustainable development

gender-based violence (GBV)
Dr. Denis Mukwege meets with women in the DRC. Photo/Endre Vestvik

Plaudits for the man who mends women

gender-based violence (GBV)

Celebrating Dr. Denis Mukwege: Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2018

Young girls from Mtakataka Secondary School in the District of Dedza, Malawi. Photo: UN Women/Karin Schermbrucker

A letter to girls from Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, on International Day of the Girl Child

Mothers of Congo’s lost children break silence

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Women Group meeting Ruhengeri, Rwanda

VAW in Rwanda

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Batsinda market woman

Uganda: Violence against women unabated despite laws and policies

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Nigerian women say ‘no’ to gender-based violence

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ACORD Kenya

Violence against women spikes during heated electioneering

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Some success in reducing the abuses, but obstacles to their elimination remain

Eunice Achieng Omondi, a survivor of violence hands checks on the vegetables she is taking to the market during a meeting with members of Usoma Support Group for Survivors of Violence in Kisumu. Picture Jane Godia

Violence against women spike during heated electioneering

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Some success seen reducing the abuses but obstacles to their elimination remain

Launch of the African Women Leaders Network in New York. Photo: UN Photos

More women in politics

Gender Equality

Still a man’s business despite notable successes

Awurabena Okrah, CEO and founder of Winglow, a textile and fashion business in Accra, Ghana. Many women are venturing into business. Photo: Panos/Nyani Quarmyne

Investing in women’s employment essential for economic growth

Gender Equality
UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang (centre) during her visit to the Central African Republic in February 2015. Photo: OCHA/C. Illemassene

Women seek greater role in rebuilding the Central African Republic

Gender Equality