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@UN_Women
"Until we create the space where women are not afraid to speak their minds and tell us exactly what is going on and how they feel, we will not end violence against women and girls."
Our Goodwill Ambassador @JahaENDFGM speaking in Liberia on her mission to #EndFGM.
#16Days
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@UN_Women
🔸Believe women with disabilities who share their stories.
🔸Strengthen services and justice systems to be accessible for all.
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@UN_Women
The fight for women’s rights has been a long journey.
On #WorldPhilosophyDay, learn from Mary Wollstonecraft, an English social philosopher and pioneering advocate of women’s rights in the 1700s.
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@UN_Women
Women are no longer taking a back seat, waiting for equality.
Women are leading the world to a better and more sustainable future.
This #WomensHistoryMonth, join the fight for women’s rights.
Are you with us?
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@UN_Women
Women’s leadership in public life can help support their empowerment in other sectors, including in:
✨ the arts
✨ culture
✨ sports
✨ media
✨ the private sector
✨ institutions
#GenerationEquality
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@UN_Women
#Trans people, particularly trans women, are more likely to experience hate-based violence than their peers, facing serious risks to their safety in public spaces. Streets should be safe for everyone – trans women included! 🏳️⚧️ #TransDayOfRemembrance #TDOR @free_equal
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@UN_Women
This #16Days everyone can make a difference.
Here are some ways to end violence against women & girls:
📣Speak up against violence
❌Call out harassment
✔️Challenge beliefs on masculinity
⚖️Push for stronger laws
💰Fund women’s organizations
Learn more: unwo.men/4xrc50LP0qB
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@UN_Women
Young people are often underrepresented in decision-making roles.
Eliminate the structural, systematic and societal barriers that hold them back.
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@UN_Women
1 in 5 displaced women and girls have experienced sexual violence.
During the #16Days of Activism, join us and @Refugees in speaking up for more resources and funding to keep forcibly displaced women and girls safe.
#OrangeTheWorld #WithRefugees
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@UN_Women
Gender equality can only be achieved if #AllWomen & girls are included. This means #LGBTIQ+ women too!
Your voice is your power – raise it! Together, we can create a truly free & equal world for all.
🔗unfe.org/allwomen/
#StandUp4HumanRights
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@UN_Women
Imagine getting your period in a refugee camp.
via @Refugees
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@UN_Women
Women & girls are doubly affected by climate change - by the crisis itself & by its lasting impact:
⛔ Loss of livelihoods and natural & productive resources
⛔ Increase in gender-based violence
⛔ Increase in unpaid care & domestic work
⛔ Threats to access to health care
#COP27
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@UN_Women
🌟Smart.
🌟Strong.
🌟Worthy.
🌟Powerful.
That's what you are!
RT and spread kindness.
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@UN_Women
Globally more women than men go hungry.
Nearly 1 in 3 women experience moderate or severe food insecurity and the gap continues to grow.
Check the latest #GenderData 👉unwo.men/PnnS50L8gAb
#SDG5 #GlobalGoals #WorldFoodDay
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@UN_Women
It's World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, and we're celebrating the power of unity, inclusion & intersectionality in the women's movement to achieve a gender-equal world.
Diversity is our strength. Are you with us?
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@UN_Women
At the Human Rights Council @antonioguterres said we must show all the people of #Ukraine that we stand by them in their time of need.
We support the Secretary-General's call to #StandUp4HumanRights.
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@UN_Women
Women and girls are leaders of climate responses and solutions.
The #GenerationEquality Action Coalition on Feminist Action for Climate Justice aims to harness the momentum of #climateaction with women and girls at the center towards a sustainable future for all. #CSW66
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@UN_Women
When women & girls are empowered, they have the means to protect themselves from #HIV & to access #HIV services. #WorldAIDSDay #16Days
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@UN_Women
Girl tech heros are barrier-breakers who are stepping into a historically male-dominated industry of technology and innovation as leaders and change-makers. unwo.men/1F8D50Go4B3
#DayoftheGirl #GenerationEquality
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@UN_Women
"Make sure all toxic cycles of family traditions end with you & aren’t passed on to the next generation!"
Kuhu Srivasta, 22, is the founder of The Feminist Times, an online platform where people discuss & advocate for gender equality. v @unwomenasia
asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-ev…
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@UN_Women
Inequality.
Exclusion.
Stereotypes.
Harassment.
Discrimination.
Gender-pay gap.
.
.
.
.
Are not an #AprilFoolsDay joke.
This is why we fight for change every day.
Are you with us?
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@UN_Women
[Trigger Warning]
The media has a fundamental role to play in stopping rape culture. All of us can also help by changing the narrative that places blame on victims and by using the power of language in service of survivors, not perpetrators.
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@UN_Women
The world needs stronger protection mechanisms to prevent & eliminate
❌violence
❌harassment
❌threats
❌intimidation
❌discrimination
against women human rights defenders and women’s rights advocates & activists.
Let's #PushForward!
Learn more: unwo.men/as1O50LQrKN
#16Days
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@UN_Women
Gender equality is a prerequisite to achieve all the #GlobalGoals and key to a better world!
Check out how you can help achieve it: unwo.men/iMSz50FP0ep
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@UN_Women
Don’t be an accomplice to perpetrators of violence by being a bystander.
Speak up, intervene and show you stand with survivors during the #16Days, and every day.
#orangetheworld
@UN_Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment.