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On #LabourDay, let's call for:
- Parental leave
- Flexible work hours
- Gender-sensitive policies
- Equal pay
Because economies that work for women work for everyone.
#MayDay
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10 December, #HumanRightsDay, marks the last day of the #16Days of Activism against Gender-based violence.
It’s 2021 and human rights violations continue to be committed each and every day.
Let’s #StandUp4HumanRights and continue to take action every day. #OrangeTheWorld
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🔔Reminder for who needs it today🔔
It's going to be okay. You're going to get through it.
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Women in #Ukraine are increasingly becoming heads of households and leaders in their communities, yet they remain largely excluded from formal decision-making processes.
Women should be included in humanitarian, peace-making and negotiating efforts.
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In diversity there is beauty and strength!
It is time to end discrimination, celebrate diversity, and stand up for human rights. 💙
Are you with us?
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45% of girls & women aged 15-49 who are married cannot make their own decisions about their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights!
The #GenerationEquality Forum Action Coalition on #SRHR works to ensure women & girls can fully exercise their health rights. #ActForEqual
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Conflict affects women, girls, boys and men differently.
Women and girls in particular are at increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
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Friday’s suicide attack in #Afghanistan killed and wounded students - majority were young women.
The perpetrators must be held to account.
All Afghans, REGARDLESS of ethnicity or gender, must have safe access to education.
Statement from @unwomenchief: unwo.men/rjGu50L0pZP
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Education is not a privilege. It is a fundamental RIGHT.
Yet nearly 130 million girls are out of school globally. This puts them at risk of violence, exploitation & early marriage.
👉Find out more in the Gender Snapshot report: unwo.men/OaVT50Mt3bI
#EducationDay #GenderData
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Findings from #WomenCount's new report, Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during #COVID19, revealed that women are feeling less safe at home as conflict such as domestic violence has increased.
ℹ️: unwo.men/Z2Wt50GXhzw #16Days
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As of December 2021, women are Heads of State and Government in only 24 countries worldwide.
We👏
need👏
more👏
women👏
leaders👏
#WomenInPolitics #UNGA
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Women and girls often face online bullying, comments and DMs from social media trolls, and other forms of violence.
Making the Internet safer starts with you.
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Ida B. Wells, born #OnThisDay in 1862, was a groundbreaking journalist and activist who believed in the power of the truth to galvanize people to unite for change.
Her courageous resistance continues to inspire us all. #HERstory
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𝟏.𝟐𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 women & girls don't have access to a safe, private toilet!
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This affects how women & girls are able to manage their periods, even more during the #COVID19 pandemic.
Learn more on this #MenstrualHygieneDay: unwo.men/Qbuv50Jg0ZJ v
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Listen to survivors' voices.
Believe their testimonies.
Amplify their stories.
Ending violence against women starts with all of us. This is Goretti's story: unwo.men/CX6G50GTTWN #OrangeTheWorld #16Days
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At the current rate of progress, it will take 130 years to reach gender equality in the highest positions of power.
To change course, power must be shared equally, made visible and accountable, at all levels
That is what’s at the core of feminist leadership.
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Reject the ideas of masculinity that see violence and dominance as “strong” and “male”.
This #16Days of Activism, let go of traditional gender roles that limit everyone and perpetuate violence against women and girls.
#OrangeTheWorld
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"If you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you."
Climate activist @GretaThunberg showed the power of a girl's voice in front of world leaders at the #ClimateAction Summit in 2019.👏👏👏
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When accepting her Nobel Peace Prize, Guatemalan human rights activist, Rigoberta Menchú spoke on the importance of women’s access to land as a crucial component to sustaining rural development, fighting inequality & building lasting peace! #ClimateAction
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Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #MondayMotivation
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#OnThisDay in 2021, @KamalaHarris became the first woman, first Black and first South Asian Vice President of the United States.
Here's to many more moments like this around the world.
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Women and girls’ freedom of movement and resources to protect them from gender-based violence in Afghanistan are at risk.
During the #16Days of Activism, join us in calling upon the respect and protection of the full rights of ALL women and girls. #OrangeTheWorld
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At the opening of the General Debate of the 76th session of the #UNGA, Secretary-General @antonioguterres urged the world to take bold steps to transform our male-dominated world and shift the balance of power to solve the most pressing problems of our age.
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We thank and applaud Jacinda Ardern, PM of New Zealand for her leadership through challenging global times, and for advancing gender equality, including through gender parity in Parliament. 👏
@UN_Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment.