UN Women leads efforts to improve gender equality across the UN system

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

It has been two years since the  System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity was launched by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in order to reach parity at the most senior levels by 2021, and across the board by 2028. To coincide with the anniversary of the Strategy, UN Women hosted the Global Gender Focal Point (GFPs) Meeting.

The United Nations steps up efforts to promote young women’s leadership within the UN

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2019

On the opening week of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, an inter-generational conversation convened by UN Women, placed youth leadership at the centre of its new campaign, Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future.

Making women count in Vienna

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019

On 11 April, new Enabling Environment Guidelines were launched, as part of efforts to create a working environment in the UN Office at Vienna that embraces equality, eradicates bias and is inclusive of all staff.

Take five: “One of the main obstacles to gender parity is the glass ceiling”

Date: Monday, February 18, 2019

Angela Mwai leads the Gender Equality Unit at UN-Habitat and serves as the agency’s Gender Focal Point. The Gender Equality Unit works to ensure gender perspectives are encompassed in all of UN-Habitat’s work by mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment in all of UN-Habitat’s policies, projects and programmes.

One year into UN Secretary-General’s System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity

Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018

Today marks the first anniversary of the UN Secretary-General’s System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity, a progressive roadmap adopted by the UN to reach parity at its senior levels of leadership by 2021, and across the board by 2028.

UN Women convenes experts on sexual harassment at the workplace

Date: Friday, August 3, 2018

Feminists, gender experts and UN officials came together to discuss promising practices to curb sexual harassment and assault in a UN Women-organized “Feminist Think Space” from 30 to 31 July in New York.

Speech: “Only together can great results be achieved” —Åsa Regnér

Date: Thursday, June 21, 2018

Remarks by UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Åsa Regnér, at the launch of the UN-SWAP 2.0 and UNCT-SWAP