Women's Leadership

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Side Event 74th UNGA: Champions for Generation Equality

This high-level event is a presentation platform for the group of female Leaders that will be championing the UN Women Generation Equality campaign.

Women in leadership: A Q&A with President Sahle-Work Zewde

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September 20, 2019

Women in leadership: A Q&A with President Sahle-Work Zewde

Women Deliver President/CEO Katja Iversen and the first female president of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde, discuss women in leadership and links between sexual and reproductive health and rights and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to advance gender equa

September 20, 2019

UN holds Event on Women's Empowerment

The President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, is holding this Thursday her latest informal High-Level Panel: Women in Power - Call to Action and Women Leaders - Voices for Change and Inclusion: Joining Forces and Redoubling Effor

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New Council of Europe action against sexism

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September 20, 2019

New Council of Europe action against sexism

In March 2019, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted a new

A sustainable peace in Afghanistan needs women at the center

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September 19, 2019

A sustainable peace in Afghanistan needs women at the center

By Jamila Afghani, President of WILPF Afghanistan,

Justice for Women

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September 19, 2019

Justice for Women

Justice for women and girls is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda, with its commitment to gender equality (SDG 5) and its promise of peaceful, just and inclusive societies (SDG 16).

September 19, 2019

Are voters biased against women candidates?

With a record number of women in the fight for the White House, it's time to re-examine what role - if any - gender biases may play in the 2020 election.

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Side Event 74th UNGA: Women Leaders as Changemakers in Local Governance

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Side Event 74th UNGA: Women Leaders as Changemakers in Local Governance

As part of the partnership with UN Women, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Local Governance) of the Government of India will be convening an event on t