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Statement
Statement: The girl I am, the change I lead – Girls on the frontlines of crisis
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Statement
Statement: A call on leaders to #ActForHumanity – the world is watching
Sima Bahous and Oliver Röpke shake hands
Statement
UN Women Executive Director and EESC President sign landmark declaration to advance global gender equality during HLPF in New York
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Press release
USD 420 billion annual shortfall blocking gender equality in developing countries
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous briefs the Security Council during a meeting on the situation in Afghanistan held at UN headquarters on 23 June 2025. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: Afghan women have not given up, nor can we – We must not look away
Zoila Dolores Piedra Guamán, a farmer and homemaker from Puculay. Women in Ecuador have stayed in the páramo, an ecosystem in the Andes, despite the threats that desertification, overgrazing and other human activities pose to their sustenance. With funding from the Municipality of Spain, UN Women is working with the Azuay provincial government to improve the resilience of communities in Azuay province through sustainable agricultural production. Photo: UN Women/Jerónimo Villarreal.
Statement
UN Women statement on World Environment Day, 5 June 2025
UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks at the 2025 joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN Women and WFP, UN headquarters, 30 May 2025. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: Bold in ambition, relentless in delivery, fearless in advocacy, and prepared to move as one
Anastasiia Pyrohova, psychologist and the coordinator of the Women’s New Horizons project, run by the local group Women’s Perspectives, works in Sambir, Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Women’s Perspectives.
Press release
Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers closing remarks to the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN headquarters, 27 March 2024. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: Gender equality – just, prudent, and essential for everything we all aspire to
Young leaders with diverse backgrounds added depth to the dialogue on poverty eradication at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, galvanizing efforts to push forward for gender equality. Youth Forum opening, UN headquarters, 15 March 2024. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
News
Shaping the agenda: Youth engagement and empowerment at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
A mother and her children walk through ruined housing in the wake of Hurricane Iota in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Photo: UNICEF/Inti Ocon/AFP-Services.
Op-ed
Op-ed: Building accountability to achieve feminist climate justice
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers opening remarks to the Generation Equality side event at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN headquarters, 14 March 2024. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: Ambitiously proactive – Generation Equality brings hope to stalled progress and financing