This report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, focusing not only on the current level of progress, but also on the likelihood of achieving gender equality across the Goals at the current trajectory. Among this year’s recommendations is a call to significantly expand national investments and international financing in support of gender equality.
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UN Women’s work on women’s political participation is aimed at ensuring that women lead, participate in, and benefit equally from governance systems by upholding women’s…
Adolescent girls and young women are the strongest advocates and leaders in the HIV response. This publication documents results, lesson learned, and powerful stories…
This discussion paper provides a “state of the evidence” on social norms change within the field of gender and development. It presents findings from a review of studies…
No woman left behind: Closing the gender and inclusion gap in eye health: Why improving women’s eye…
Vision impairment is both a contributor to gender inequalities and an outcome of gender inequality. This policy brief provides evidence of gender disparities in eye…
These recommendations are the first of their kind and underline the critical role migrant women human rights defenders play in securing the rights of people on the move…
The Taliban’s position on women’s rights has been central to its worldview and vision for society. This gender alert documents how changing dynamics in Afghanistan are…
Drawing on a unique global dataset of nearly 5,000 measures adopted by 226 countries and territories in response to COVID-19, this UN Women and UNDP report finds that…
In the first “gender alert” since the Taliban took over Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women brings gender data and analyses on the impact of the rapidly evolving context…
This paper examines the characteristics of past and contemporary feminisms and dissects the issues with periodizing feminism in terms of “waves”. Part two…
This brief provides evidence of the different ways in which women’s rights organizations have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the predicament…