The climate crisis threatens progress on:
🔻Gender equality
🔻 Human rights
🔻Sustainable development
This
#WorldPressFreedomDay
, let’s tackle dis- and misinformation that continue to challenge scientific knowledge.
Read more 👉
#ClimateAction
This
#WorldPressFreedomDay
, we highlight critical roles women play in climate journalism:
🟩Expose untold narratives
🟩Support women climate defenders
🟩Challenge gender stereotypes
Listen to our Philippines National Goodwill Ambassador
@iamkarendavila
as she explains.
The women and girls trapped in Rafah with nowhere safe to go have already been living the unimaginable.
An escalation would be catastrophic and must be prevented.
We need an immediate ceasefire.
All hostages must be released.
The people of
#Gaza
need peace.
Globally, women are paid around 20% less than men on average.
On
#LabourDay
, we demand equal pay for work of equal value and an end to gender discrimination in the world of work.
@ilo
#MayDay
Gender-based violence has surged to unprecedented levels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#DRC
.
Women and girls are forced to exchange sex for survival and are exposed to violence when they go to collect firewood or work.
@iascch statement:
It's World Day for Safety & Health at Work!
Today we look at the impact of
#ClimateChange
on workers' safety & health globally.
Women may be at increased risk due to their job roles, such as in subsistence agriculture.
Source:
@ilo
's report
#SafeDay2024
"These are choices that no family should ever have to make, and no child should ever have to endure."
@niemata
delivers a powerful testimony on behalf of Sudanese women and girls during the
@UN
#SecurityCouncil
Open Debate on conflict-related sexual violence in
#Sudan
.
❌ Female genital mutilation is violence against women.
As we continue to advance women’s rights, we are appalled by any attempted rollback of legal protection of those rights.
We stand with survivors of FGM and with all women and girls in The Gambia.
#EndFGM
"I am here today to amplify the voices of those who are never seen and heard."
Our Goodwill Ambassador
@DanaiGurira
briefed the
@UN
#SecurityCouncil
Open Debate on conflict-related sexual violence, disarmament and ending cultures of impunity.
Watch👉
On
#GirlsInICT
Day, let’s prioritize their meaningful leadership by
🌐 Providing inclusive learning environments that actively combat bias
🌐 Promoting diversity and access to role models
🔗Our statement:
“It is crucial to challenge stereotypes and show girls that they can pursue careers in tech.”
This
#GirlsInICT
Day, listen to Natacha Sangwa describe her transformative experience attending the
@AGCCIAfrica_1
bootcamp.
🔗 Learn more:
FACT on International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
🤯Only 13% of all elected leaders of multilateral organizations have been women since 1945.
👉According to this report of @GWLvoices:
Peace needs
#WomenInMultilateralism
.
📣 Calling all
#GenerationEquality
Commitment Makers!
Now is the time to report on your progress. Your input will help:
✅Enhance transparency
✅Support effective decision-making
✅Drive collective accountability
Complete your reporting by 17 May👉
💚Leadership 💚Knowledge 💚Resilience
Women are essential to addressing the environmental challenges faced in Colombia and worldwide.
This
#EarthDay
, read how their participation in
#ClimateAction
is sowing seeds of change:
This
#EarthDay
, we thank groundbreaking women like
#JaneGoodall
for all their efforts to help preserve our planet.
💚 Thank you for your passion, inspiration, and contribution to environmental activism.
Follow the annual
@UN
#SecurityCouncil
Open Debate on conflict-related sexual violence.
📅 Tuesday 23 April, 10 AM EDT
📺 Watch:
Hear briefings from our Goodwill Ambassador @DanaiGurira,
@USGSRSGPatten
and others.
How can we shape the future by meaningfully engaging young persons with disabilities?
Join the online launch of our Believe in Better research report with
@UNYouthAffairs
, other UN agencies, and partners.
📅 Tue 30 April at 9:00 am EDT
👉 Register now:
The war on
#Gaza
is a war on women.
More than 540,000 women and girls in Gaza are of reproductive age and urgently need access to appropriate items to support hygiene, health, dignity, and well-being.
Read our latest Gender Alert: