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News for Women Globally 2025

December 11, 2025 by Team Celebration

December 2025 has been a month of significant news for women globally, highlighting the ongoing challenges and efforts to address gender inequality and violence. Here are some of the key points from the month: UNRWA: The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign calls on global action to confront the root causes of gender inequality and the violence it fuels, especially in humanitarian crises. Women frontline staff face increased workloads and risks while sustaining their … [Read more...]

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Gender Equality now predicted to be 300 Years Away

May 13, 2025 by Team Celebration

Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN Women conducted a rapid global survey to understand how these funding reductions are affecting local women-led groups in crisis settings. The survey reached 411 … [Read more...]

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YWCA – ‘An Agenda for Women and Girls for the Decade’

July 15, 2011 by admin

Tackling Gender Inequality on Multiple Fronts: An Agenda for Women and Girls for the Decade Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the World YWCA International Women’s Summit: Women Creating a Safer World, Geneva, 12 July 2011. It is a great pleasure to be here today and address this important gathering and join some of the world’s most ardent and articulate defenders of the human rights of women and girls. I want in particular to thank World … [Read more...]

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YWCA – 'An Agenda for Women and Girls for the Decade'

July 15, 2011 by admin

Tackling Gender Inequality on Multiple Fronts: An Agenda for Women and Girls for the Decade Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the World YWCA International Women’s Summit: Women Creating a Safer World, Geneva, 12 July 2011. It is a great pleasure to be here today and address this important gathering and join some of the world’s most ardent and articulate defenders of the human rights of women and girls. I want in particular to thank World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WORLD EVENTS, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: 'An Agenda for Women and Girls for the Decade', A Celebration of Women, Africa, Caribbean, Central Asia, Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, gender inequality, gender parity, General Secretary, Habitat Network, HIV positive women, Latin America, Margot Wallström, MDG Reports, Michelle Bachelet, Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Nyarazdzai Gumbonzvanda, President of Finland, Pursuit of Justice, Rashida Manjoo, Safe Cities for Women and Girls, speech, stigma for survivors, Susan Brennan, Tahrir Square, Take Action, Thailand’s first woman Prime Minister, the Huairou Commission, UN colleagues, UN Women, Women Creating a Safer World, WOMEN of ACTION™, women taking action, women’s rights advocates, World YWCA International Women’s Summit, YWCA, YWCA President, Zebra System

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