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Survey shows high support for paternity leave across North Africa and Middle East

A man is seeing feeding a baby in Tyre, Lebanon, in 2020.

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27 September 2023

‘Gender equality is not an option, but an imperative’ – Women leaders gather at UN summit

The Platform of Women Leaders summit, 2023.

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27 September 2023

Speech: The women’s rights crisis: Listen to, invest in, include, and support Afghan women

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, UN Headquarters, 26 September 2023. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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26 September 2023

Speech: Ready to be respectfully disruptive

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers the opening address at the 2023 HeForShe Summit, held in Gotham Hall, New York City, on 21 September 2023. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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21 September 2023

UN Women champions historic actions at Generation Equality Midpoint 2023

Youth leaders speak at the UN Women Generation Equality Midpoint Momento event

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21 September 2023

Young women in Uganda lead nationwide action against climate change

Joanita Babirye is head of the Ugandan youth-led group Girls for Climate Action. Photo courtesy of Joanita Babirye.

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20 September 2023

Global Alliance for Care leads changes in the care economy

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous and President of the National Institute of Women of Mexico Nadine Gasman Zylbermann. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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19 September 2023

Pakistan midwife training programme addresses maternal mortality

A child looks at the camera during a UN Women event in Pakistan

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19 September 2023

Press release: The International Olympic Committee and UN Women sign new agreement to advance gender equality through sport

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous shakes hands with President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two organizations on 18 September 2023 at UN Women Headquarters in New York. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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18 September 2023

Speech: This is the moment, the opportunity, to finally call time on gender inequality

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers opening remarks at the Generation Equality Midpoint Moment, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 17 September 2023. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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17 September 2023