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On 6 February 2023, twin earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, killing thousands of people and injuring many others. In close coordination with the government and partners, UN Women Türkiye’s emergency response is addressing the urgent and longer-term needs of women and girls impacted by the earthquakes.
The war has severely impacted social cohesion, community security and the resilience of local communities, especially women and girls. Lack of access to social services including schools and strained community resources have increased the care burden of local women who responsible for the care for children, disabled and elderly family members.
Launched in 2021, the Women’s Entrepreneurship EXPO is a unique partnership platform to promote women’s entrepreneurship ecosystem building in the Europe and Central Asia region. EXPO provides an interactive space for women entrepreneurs, investors and private sector representatives for networking and collaboration, peer learning, ideas generation, capacity building and business development.
Awake Not Sleeping fairy tales collection aims to change how societies think about women’s and girls’ roles, rights, and human potential by reimagining 28 classic fairy tales.
This year, the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), the UN’s largest gathering on gender equality, is taking place 6 to 17 March 2023. It will focus on the theme, It will focus on the theme, “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.
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Statement: The decree barring women in Afghanistan from working in non-governmental organizations is yet another stark violation of women’s rights
The decree issued on the 24th December by the de facto authorities of Afghanistan barring women from working in national and international NGOs is yet another stark violation of women’s rights and humanitarian principles. More ►
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For over a decade, UN Women has sparked transformative change in the lives of women and girls in Europe and Central Asia. This video report highlights the main achievements under the 2018 – 2021 reporting period.