- New Zealand commits to supporting women’s education, leadership and participation, and improving women’s safety
- Bolivia vows to ensure new laws are adequately implemented to achieve transformative change
- Slovakia commits to new targets, such as reducing the gender pay gap and increasing support services for women survivors
- Hungary commits to take action to prevent and eliminate domestic violence and sexual violence in conflict, increase employment and provide flexible day-care options for women
- The United States of America to work towards a world where every woman and girl can enjoy their rights and freedoms
- Azerbaijan commits to mainstream gender in all State programmes and legislation to help working women
- Fiji pledges to develop gender-inclusive policies and laws, improve protections against gender-based violence
- Austria promises to reduce gender pay gaps, encourage women candidates and board members
- Dominican Republic promises a plan to extend early childhood services and financing for women’s businesses
- Denmark vows equal opportunities in education and work, and to combat domestic violence
- Cuba reaffirms ongoing efforts to equalize women’s and men’s roles at home and numbers of women in government decision-making
- Croatia commits to providing active support for women’s empowerment both domestically and internationally, combat stereotypes and aim for better work-life balance
- Colombia commits to strengthen gender equality policies, eliminate gender disparities in education, reduce female unemployment, implement a plan on ending gender-based violence
- Costa Rica plans to embrace shared caregiving, promote women’s equality in the workplace
- Comoros promises continued support for reproductive health and expanded economic roles for women
- China pledges USD 10 million commitment to UN Women, assistance for other developing countries to build 100 health projects for women and children
- Latvia promises to bolster laws and support partners to fight violence
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic vows to take steps to stop violence, commits to continued action on gender equality in national plans
- Kenya aims for universal access to sexual and reproductive health, progressive action towards economic empowerment
- Tunisia seeks to expand participation of women in office
- Viet Nam will devote all necessary resources to close gender gaps, extend employment and other services for women in remote areas
- Armenia commits to implement a law on equal rights and opportunities and sign the Istanbul Convention
- Thailand promises education to cultivate acceptance of gender equality, data to monitor progress, training to promote gender-responsive budgeting
- Switzerland commits to combat wage discrimination, achieve a better work-family balance and act against domestic violence
- United Republic of Tanzania intends to amend all laws with discriminatory provisions and leverage economic growth to advance women’s equality
- Timor-Leste affirms ending gender discrimination an ongoing priority in commitment to the SDGs and Beijing Platform for Action
- Sweden vows that all national policies, budgets and international aid will contribute to gender equality
- Sri Lanka commits to update national action plan, and sustain firm commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment
- South Sudan envisions keeping gender equality at the centre of public policy and ending inequality by 2040
- Senegal enacts legal and policy reforms, commits to meaningful empowerment and true equality
Highlights
In Focus: CSW60
Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development was the focus of the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The annual high-level gathering took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 14-24 March 2016. Global leaders, NGOs, private sector and activists met to discuss how to ensure women and girls are at the forefront of plans to implement the new 15-year global development roadmap. More
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CSW60 participant voices
Through short video and print interviews and photographs, see a a snapshot of the messages and perspectives on women and the SDGs from some of the thousands of activists from civil society organizations from around the world. More
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Women and the Sustainable Development Goals
With the new global 2030 roadmap and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved by UN Member States, we take a look at how women are affected by each of the 17 proposed goals, as well as how women and girls can – and will – be key to achieving them. More
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"A day in the life of..."
As part of our editorial series titled "A day in the life of...", Dina Zorba, head of office for UN Women in Yemen, provides a glimpse into her work in Yemen, a country which has seen much conflict since March of 2015. More
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International Women's Day 2016
Under the theme “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”, this year’s observance reflected on how to build momentum around the new Sustainable Development Goals, and related gender equality commitments as part of UN Women’s Step It Up initiative. More
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Interactive timeline: Women’s Footprint in History
Throughout history, women have made extraordinary contributions to their societies. Explore a selection of these women and learn what the reality still is today for many women and girls worldwide. More
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World leaders commit to gender equality
Ninety world leaders have made concrete commitments and firm pledges to overcome gender equality gaps at, and since, a historic event co-hosted by UN Women and the People’s Republic of China: the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action.” More
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Expert's take
Ginette Azcona, a Policy Specialist with UN Women’s Research and Data Team, explains the importance of, and challenges related to global monitoring of progress towards achieving the SDGs. More
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The Global Database on Violence against Women is an online resource designed to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on measures taken by governments to address violence against women, in the areas of laws and policies, prevention, services and statistical data. More
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Step it Up: Global Leaders’ commitments
This book compiles the concrete steps and measures to achieve gender equality under UN Women’s “Step It Up” initiative, pledged by 72 Heads of State and Government who came together at the Global Leaders' Meeting in September 2015. More
“It is critical for us to ensure that 2030 arrives with women and girls in a different place”
In her closing remarks for the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka thanked all participants in the negotiations for their diligence in scrutinizing every word to make sure that the agreed conclusions really mean something for the women and girls of their nations and their regions. More
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World leaders commit to gender equality
In September 2015, world leaders answered a call by UN Women to step it up for gender equality. From China to Liberia, Brazil to France, here's a selection of what the Heads of State said.
