WOMEN’S DAY LIVE: ‘Equality is the gamechanger’

Three smiling young women lean on a wooden bench in front of a group of other children in an outdoor setting in Mulanje, Malawi.

WOMEN’S DAY LIVE: ‘Equality is the gamechanger’

7 March 2025 Women

International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March, is about challenges, backlashes against gender equality and cause for celebrations around the world. UN News app users can follow our coverage here.

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News Tracker: Past Stories on This Issue

Girls in Brazil participate in a UN Women and IOC programme to promote sports advocacy. They are shown holding hands and forming a circle, looking down at the camera.

One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024

6 March 2025

Women

The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutions which support and protect women.

US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls

27 February 2025

Humanitarian Aid

The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, it was confirmed on Thursday, leading to potentially “devasting impacts”, on women and girls.