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A professional volleyball player and one of the most respected figures in Turkish sports, Eda Erdem is widely known as the captain of Türkiye’s national women’s volleyball team. Designated as a UN Women National Goodwill Ambassador for Türkiye in October 2025. Photo: Ryan Brown

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous welcomes Olympian Eda Erdem to UN Women Headquarters in her role as National Goodwill Ambassador for Türkiye

Snapshot from the "Thousand Faces of Care" Keynote Speech given by María Ángeles Durán, Research Professor, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Photo: UN Women

In the words of Maria-Angeles Duran: "Creating a new care system requires a prior intellectual decision: to recognize that care is not a private residue of the economy, but one of its foundations"

Visitors gather at Mont des Arts, Brussels to explore the “Many Faces of Womanhood” exhibition, featuring portraits and stories of women from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Photo: Olga Ivaschenko/EU 4 Gender Equality.

A Brussels Exhibition Explores the Many Facets of Womanhood in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine