At #UNGA80, UN WGDAWG Chair Claudia Flores: “Care&support is the hidden engine of our societies—not a private female duty, but a public good. Correcting the unequal distribution of care is a human rights obligation.” 🔗 Rewatch her intervention: https://t.co/ePz2d06lHr

📢 Call for Inputs: WGDAWG’s HRC62 thematic report on Gender Equality, the Digital Space & the Age of AI 🗓️ Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 ✉️ Send your submission to hrc-wg-discriminationwomen@un.org 🔗 questionnaires: https://t.co/ojpaUOBumQ

The landmark decision by #ECOWAS marks a crucial first step toward setting a long-overdue precedent to protect women and girls from the harmful practice of #FGM in #SierraLeone. But justice cannot stop there—criminalization is urgently needed everywhere to end FGM once & for all.

#Gender is central to achieving equality ⚖️ & upholding human rights of all. 🌍 45 UN experts reaffirm the need to ensure that the gender lens & tackling gender-based discrimination & violence are at the core of int'l #humanrights law   Joint statement 👉 https://t.co/Mb031fJRfW

#Zimbabwe must urgently invest in girls’ rights, education and safety to ensure gender equality becomes a lived reality for future generations says @UN_WGDAWG concluding visit to the country. https://t.co/08e1BVAO5C

#Zimbabwe 🇿🇼: Empower Girls Today to Build an Equal Zimbabwe Tomorrow, UN Working Group says Read the WG’s press release here: https://t.co/gPxnVAku2B Read the end-of-mission statement here: https://t.co/qfAqlrGTL1

We fully support the condemnation of US sanctions against @FranceskAlbs. We call on all States to honor their commitment to strengthening the @UN_SPExperts, as part of the int’l system designed to protect human rights of all persons, esp. those in the most vulnerable conditions

UN experts urge #Thailand to drop charges against Pimsiri Petchnamrob & other pro-democracy rights defenders. Experts reiterate their call to the Govt of 🇹🇭 to revise & repeal lèse-majesté laws, which suppress freedom of expression & peaceful assembly. https://t.co/nuRQ3oEqwo

We must not normalise the Taliban without verified, sustained improvements in human rights, particularly for women & girls. Disappointed by Russia’s recognition that sets a dangerous precedent, emboldening regimes in #Afghanistan & beyond that violate human rights with impunity.

🔔 Join the #EDVAWPlatform for an online side event on Thursday! ✨ Women, Peace and Security – 15th Anniversary: Reflections & Recommendations 📅 Thursday, 3 July 2025 🕒 15:00–16:00 CET / 09.00-10.00 ET 🔗 Zoom link: https://t.co/XGtiT1E7xx #WPS #GenderEquality

🌎At #FfD4, we urge a feminist, rights-based approach to development, based on the WG’s HRC53 Report: ✅ Gender-responsive budgets ✅ Inclusive social protection ✅ Debt justice ✅ Fair taxation & financing ✅ Corporate accountability 📖:

Women & girls shoulder 76% of unpaid care responsibilities globally, amounting to 12.5 billion hours of unpaid work each day - @UN_WGDAWG  calls for urgent overhaul of global care & support systems to advance #GenderEquality & #HumanRights. #HRC59 https://t.co/ONCXcuNRWy

🚨Follow the interactive dialogue with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council today at 15.00 CET: 🔗: https://t.co/wg96Yz3SIj #HRC59 #womenrights

🌍 Amid rising global challenges, inclusive diplomacy is more needed than ever. We must break the barriers holding back women’s leadership. Their voices are key to peace, stability & sustainable solutions. #WomenInDiplomacy #IDWD

👉Join Working Group member Ms. Haina Lu for a #HRC59 side event on “Addressing the precarity of undervalued gendered labour: A human rights approach” in Geneva next Thursday! 📆: 26 June 2025, 15.00-16.00 CET 📍: Room XXV, Palais des Nations

All domestic workers, 80% of whom are women, deserve dignified treatment, fair pay, social protection & freedom from violence and harassment. 📖 Read the WG’s latest report on care and support: https://t.co/wECRS7Gq1N #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay

UN experts urge #Türkiye to guarantee implementation of the law ensuring women are not obligated to change their surname upon marriage to that of their spouse, which entrenches patriarchal ideals & reinforces existing gender-based inequalities. https://t.co/spSxk4N4iq @UN_WGDAWG

🎉Thank you for those of you who joined the launch of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls’ Guidance Document on Substantive #GenderEquality! 📖Read the GD here: https://t.co/LV8Q6hQvU1 🔗Re-watch the launch event:

‼️⏰ HAPPENING TODAY! Tune into the Launch of the Guidance Document on Substantive Gender Equality by the WGDAWG at 15.00 EST 🇺🇳Webcast:

UN experts warn of legal uncertainty and rights implications following UK Supreme Court judgement interpreting the definition of “woman” under the Equality Act 2010. https://t.co/grd0psPac8