gender-based discrimination

Kanykei is one of the few transgender people who live openly in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.

UNAIDS

‘Stand up against hate’ towards LGBTI people, UN human rights chief urges

14 May 2021

Humiliation and intolerance remain “a stark reality” for many gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world, the UN human rights chief has said, in her message for the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Women should be able to “leapfrog” into evolving world of work

30 January 2017

UN Gender Focus

The world of work is changing and women should be empowered to “leapfrog” into high-tech or green jobs in the future, the Deputy-Executive Director of UN Women has said.

Lakshmi Puri shared this message with delegates at a multi-stakeholder forum on “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.

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