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- 74th session of the UN General Assembly
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Gender equality: Women’s rights in review 25 years after Beijing
Marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as the first time that progress on the implementation of the Platform is reviewed in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this report takes an integrated approach to reporting on progress, gaps, and challenges related to the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights. More
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Child-related financial transfers and early childhood education and care
Monday, July 6, 2015
This paper examines policies for the support of families with children, in particular child-related financial transfers and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, primarily in Western European and other Organisation for Economic Co-coperation and Development (OECD) countries. It was produced for UN Women's flagship report Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016, and is released as part of the UN Women discussion paper series.
Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
This inter-agency study is a call to action based an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. It highlights that the forms and nature of violence that women and girls experience are shaped and influenced by the often multiple forms of discrimination they face. They can be based on factors such as age, ethnicity, geographic location, or disability, and intersect with gender inequality and discrimination.