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Reminder:
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
always BE YOU!
RT if you agree!
@unwomenasia
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Here's to all the amazing girls who:
✨DREAM with ambition,
✨CLAIM their space,
✨EMPOWER each other,
✨TRUST in their strength,
✨LEAD with compassion,
Don't let the gender bias tear you down.
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Girls who play sport
✔️develop self-esteem,
✔️learn to overcome adversity, and to work in teams.
✔️tend to stay in school longer, delay pregnancy, and get better jobs.
Learn about our work with the @Olympics in this op-ed by @unwomenchief Sima Bahous: unwo.men/CliZ50Milal
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Reminder this Global Accessibility Awareness Day 📣
Women and girls with disabilities must have equal access to and participation in all aspects of decision-making that impact their lives!
#GAAD
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Hard won gains for women’s rights are under threat and being reversed.
Today’s facts prove that it’s more important than ever to take action for gender equality. unwo.men/E3Fx50HkW92
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"Give us a seat at the table. Do not put us in the corridor.”
Hear from Afghan women parliamentarians, journalists, women's rights advocates, civil society leaders, and researchers who came to the @UN to talk about women's meaningful inclusion: unwo.men/L1Km50GxzQJ
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“Once we lose our land, we lose our identity.” -- Alice Lesepen.
Let's speak out for indigenous women's right to land! #WeAreIndigenous
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1 March marks the start of #WomensHistoryMonth.
Join us in celebrating the women on whose shoulders we stand. Thanks to their courage & persistence, we have come this far.
Now it's up to you to help carry the torch forward! #WHM
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"I know without doubt, gender equality strengthens democracy."
— @VP @KamalaHarris at the #GenerationEquality Forum in Paris. via @nowthisnews
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With just eight years to go until we reach 2030 and the endpoint of the #GlobalGoals, we must accelerate progress for women and girls NOW.
Learn more about UN Women's work around the world to help achieve #GenderEquality in our lifetime: unwo.men/UaK950KHqW1
#SDG5
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Huge congrats to 2021 #NobelPeacePrize winners, @mariaressa & Dmitry Muratov!
Thank you for your courageous fight for freedom of expression, vital to democracy & peaceful societies.
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At the Opening Ceremony of the #GenerationEquality Forum Paris, ED @phumzileunwomen proudly announced a grand total of over 40 billion dollars dedicated to the cause of changing the world. Not just for women & girls, but for everyone.
#ActForEqual
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#PeaceDay reminder:
Peace and security for women and girls = peace and security for all.
Women need:
✔️equal opportunities-protection
✔️participation in decision-making
✔️access to resources and services
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“The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are.
Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Water = life = basic human rights.
Yet 800,000 women and girls die due to the lack of clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene.
Women and girls need:
💧safe drinking water
💧adequate sanitation
🩸menstrual hygiene facilities
More #GenderData: unwo.men/tvuP50KCuix
#SDG5
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Abuse is not always physical.
Learn about forms of violence and how to end them: unwo.men/Km1S50H4OUc
#OrangeTheWorld #16Days
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When women participate in peace agreements, the chances of achieving transformational peace that benefits not just women but all of society increase considerably.
#WomenPeacePower #UNSCR1325
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"When women are heard.... democracy is more complete." - United States @VP, Kamala Harris.
The #GenerationEquality Forum may have wrapped up a few weeks ago but the fight for gender equality continues. #ActForEqual
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The holidays this year may look a little different for everyone.
Whether you have lost a loved one, spending this season by yourself, or struggling; remember this:
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𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.
Are you with us?
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Young people are unstoppable as they strive toward a more just, equal and sustainable world. Happy #YouthDay!
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We must ensure that all information and services to support those experiencing violence continue to be accessible to women and girls with disabilities.
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#EndPoverty Day Fact:
Over 380 million.
That's the number of women and girls facing extreme poverty and living on less than 1.90$ a day.
Learn more - see our 2022 Gender Snapshot report: unwo.men/wZ9b50L8nFp
#SDG5 #IDEP2022
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Almost 1 in 3 women have been subjected to physical & or sexual violence at least once in their life.
The #GenerationEquality Forum Action Coalition on GBV will implement concrete commitments to address violence against women and girls in all their diversity. #ActForEqual
@UN_Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment.