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’s leadership is one of the key drivers for gender equality worldwide.
UN Women

Landmark gender equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026 

2 July 2021
Women

With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the table negotiating peace”, the historic Generation Equality Forum in Paris concluded on Friday with new commitments designed to address that, and other injustices.

Women in rural Rajasthan in India attend a workshop on leadership skills.
UN Women/Ashutosh Negi

Unprecedented number of women leaders, but parity still far off 

10 March 2021
Women

While the number of women heads of State or in government around the world has reached unprecedented levels, the challenge in achieving gender equality still remains, according to new UN data released on Wednesday.