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I am Generation Equality: Aizhan Alymbay kyzy
Aizhan Alymbai kyzy is a 26-year-old chess champion from Kyrgyzstan. She has been a member of the national team since she was 15 years old, and took the third place in Asian Rapid Chess Championship. Learn more
I am Generation Equality: Tatiana Chebac
Tatiana Chebac, 28, is a human rights advocate. She works as a lawyer for the Law Center of Lawyers NGO and is the president of another NGO, GENDERDOC-M, which promotes the rights of the LGBTQ community in Moldova. Learn more
I am Generation Equality: Selin Gören
Selin Gören is a 19-year old climate activist and eco entrepreneur. She studies climate change communication and has been working with movements including Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and Youth for Climate since 2019. Learn more
Women’s Entrepreneurship Expo connects 500 participants
UN Women’s first virtual Expo attracted more than 500 participants, including investors, companies, business associations and women entrepreneurs. Learn more
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Act for Equal
#ActforEqual is a new campaign to drive attention, excitement and action towards the upcoming Generation Equality Forum. Through the campaign you can show your support, take action for gender equality and help propel major commitments to the Action Coalition Goals. We can’t wait any longer for gender equality. It’s time to #ActforEqual. More
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Generation Equality
Join UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign to accelerate gender equality actions and mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most visionary agenda for women’s rights and empowerment everywhere. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, women’s leadership and access to health. More
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Awake Not Sleeping: Reimagining fairy tales to promote gender equality
Awake Not Sleeping aims to support fresh, creative dialogue to change the way societies think about women and girls’ roles, human potential and rights by rewriting and reimagining popular fairy tales. More
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Generations Talk Gender: An intergenerational podcast on gender
My generation, your generation, let’s talk gender! A unique new podcast from UN Women’s Europe and Central Asia office connects gender equality activists from across generations and all walks of life. More
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In Focus: UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65)
This year, the 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, will take place from 15 to 26 March, under the theme, “Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. More
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Women and girls must be at the heart of the fight for climate justice
In a statement for World Environment Day on 5 June, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka calls for concrete actions to advance gender equality and combat climate change for a more equal and sustainable world. More
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Keep the promise, accelerate the change
25 years ago, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action laid out a bold vision for gender equality. How far have we come in Europe and Central Asia since then? New regional report launched by UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia provides a snapshot.