Women's empowerment

Indigenous women’s groups perform a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico.
UN Women/Dzilam Mendez

UN Women’s feminist roadmap tackles triple crises of jobs, care and climate 

16 September 2021
Women

The UN’s gender equality and empowerment organization on Thursday published a flagship feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation, which aims to learn the lessons of the past, and seize the opportunity to handle COVID-related crises better.

Women in a self-help group meeting in Bhatajhari Village, India.
© UNICEF/Ashima Narain

International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone

7 March 2020
Women

The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world”, the chief of UN Women said in her message for International Women’s Day (IWD) at UN Headquarters on Friday, being celebrated in New York, ahead of the official day.

Soukaina (left) and Mouna work in the marketing department at Label Vie's corporate headquarters in Rabat. It has 35 supermarkets and 10 "hypermarkets" nationwide, with eight supermarkets in Rabat and one hypermarket in Salé.
World Bank/Arne Hoel

Women’s empowerment ‘essential to global progress’ says Guterres, marking International Day

7 March 2019
Women

Women’s empowerment and gender equality are “essential to global progress”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed in his message for International Women's Day which this year puts “innovation by women and girls, for women and girls”, at the heart of efforts to achieve gender equality.