Happy birthday to Kate Winslet 🎉 Through her work and advocacy, she continues to challenge gender stereotypes and helps pave the way for young women to find their voice and own their power. #OnThisDay
UN Women
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UN Women is the United Nations agency for women's rights, gender equality and women's empowerment.
About us
UN Women is the United Nations agency for women's rights, gender equality and women's empowerment. A global champion ForAllWomenAndGirls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to implement these standards. It stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation; ending violence against women; engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; and making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting. UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality.
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http://unwomen.org
External link for UN Women
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- International Affairs
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- 1,001-5,000 employees
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- New York, NEW YORK
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Leadership and participation, Ending violence against women and girls, Economic empowerment, Peace and security, and National planning and budgeting
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Equal rights and opportunities #ForAllWomenAndGirls won't be achieved for another 171 years 🤯 This means that nobody alive today will live to see #GenderEquality at the current rate of change. We’re done waiting. We need action NOW. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eqsS-gyq
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⚠️ Food security is a #GenderEquality issue. As conflict in the Middle East and disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz drive up food costs, 11.7 million more women and girls could face food insecurity by the end of 2026. For many women, existing inequalities in employment and access to financial services leave them with fewer resources to absorb these shocks. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/edp2wMjC #ForAllWomenAndGirls
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🚨 Rape culture doesn’t begin and end with an act of sexual violence. It lives in the: 🔴 attitudes that excuse it 🔴 stereotypes that blame survivors 🔴 silence that continues to protect perpetrators There is #NoExcuse for abuse — or for the culture that lets rape persist. Will you stand against rape culture? #ForAllWomenAndGirls
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Women athletes deserve to be recognized and rewarded equally for their talent. 🎾 From 2027, all combined WTA 1000 tournaments will award equal prize money. It’s an important step towards equal opportunity, recognition and reward in sport — #ForAllWomenAndGirls. #EqualPlay
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The impact of the escalation in the Middle East extends far beyond the region. By year-end, 11.7 million more women and girls across 28 countries could face food insecurity as food prices rise and livelihoods are disrupted. We must protect women's access to food, invest in women facing the greatest risks, and ensure women and girls are visible in food security data. See our Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda's remarks to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eUPStKri #ForAllWomenAndGirls
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Belief is not something survivors should have to earn. Women and girls should not have to tell the perfect story to be taken seriously or carry the burden of exposing violence, demanding justice and changing the systems that failed them. Survivors deserve to be heard. Survivors deserve support. Survivors deserve justice. Break the silence. Believe survivors. Bring perpetrators to justice. There's #NoExcuse not to. #ForAllWomenAndGirls
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Today, we celebrate Brie Larson, born #OnThisDay. From making space for women on screen to using her platform to advocate #ForAllWomenAndGirls, she's shown what matters for #GenderEquality. Thank you for making room for women and girls to shape their own stories.
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Women and girls have the right to live free from violence. Yet #SouthAfrica has one of the highest recorded rates of intimate partner femicide in the world — almost five times the global average. There's #NoExcuse for this to become just another set of statistics. We demand action. We demand accountability. UN Women's Aleta Miller reflects on what’s at stake for women in South Africa and around the world — and why collective action matters #ForAllWomenAndGirls. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/esVRj-Ap
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1.1 BILLION women and girls. That’s how many could still face food insecurity by 2030 if current trends continue — more than 1 in 4 women worldwide. And yet, food is lost and wasted every day. We need to close the gender gap in agricultural productivity, build more resilient food systems, and ensure everyone can access the food they need to #StopFoodLossWaste. Explore the latest progress and gaps on the #GlobalGoals in the Gender Snapshot 2026 report by UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eS8m3SCD #ForAllWomenAndGirls
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