106 governments step forward with 191 commitments to accelerate the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and advance progress for all women and girls

“This act of showing up for the rights of women and girls affirms a powerful truth: gender equality remains a unifying force for the world. And multilateralism is still committed to delivering an equal world for all women and girls”, said Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director.

One in three commitments submitted by the 106 governments focuses on ending violence against women and girls, and 46 governments explicitly grounded their actions in international agreements, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Sustainable Development Goals. Other commitments include:

• Efforts to transform discriminatory social norms where governments are embedding norms-change in education systems, community mobilization efforts, and digital safety policies and transforming care systems — recognizing that laws alone are insufficient without changing the rules that shape institutions and define social roles, and the differential treatment that women and men receive.
• Increased financing for gender equality, including dedicated funding for women’s organizations, at a time when funding cuts for gender equality are threatening hard-won gains.  
• Gender data and accountability, reflecting the growing demand for visibility, evidence, and measurable progress.
• Collaboration with feminist or women’s rights organizations, particularly in areas like ending violence, advancing peace and security, supporting climate action, and deepening economic justice.
• Almost all commitments put adolescent girls and young women at the forefront, recognizing them not as beneficiaries of tomorrow, but as leaders of today with the power to shape generations to come.

On 22 September 2025, gender equality will take centre stage at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, convened by the President of the General Assembly. The meeting will bring together world leaders at the United Nations for a once-in-a-generation opportunity to act on their promises to women and girls, 30 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the most visionary global agreement on gender equality.

“Gender equality always was, and always will be, a powerful source of hope. But hope alone is not enough. Political support must be matched by financial support — otherwise we will continue to deny true equality for all women and girls for generations to come. Now is our moment”, continued Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director.

UN Women is calling governments to back commitments with actions and show that the rights of half the world’s population remain a unifying force and the foundation of sustainable development, peace, justice, and human rights for all.

About the Beijing+30 Priority Actions Dashboard:

The Beijing+30 Priority Actions Dashboard is a one-stop, digital platform that makes governments’ voluntary commitments to the Beijing+30 Action Agenda, a United Nations initiative led by UN Women, visible and trackable. It provides real-time, up-to-date data on where countries stand in fulfilling their pledges, ensuring accountability and transparency. By turning commitments into measurable progress, the dashboard helps safeguard and accelerate the vision of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, anchoring the final stretch toward the Sustainable Development Goals in concrete gains for women and girls worldwide.

About UN Women:

UN Women exists to advance women’s rights, gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. As the lead UN entity on gender equality, we shift laws, institutions, social behaviours and services to close the gender gap and build an equal world for all women and girls. We keep the rights of women and girls at the centre of global progress – always, everywhere. Because gender equality is not just what we do. It is who we are.