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International Women's Day

UN Women calls on everyone to stand up for rights, empowerment and equality for all women and girls

Published : Saturday, 8 March, 2025 at 12:00 AM  Count : 2626
Women\'s  Own Desk
Women's and girls' rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide,from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programs and institutions that support and protect women.

UN Women's latest report "Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing", published ahead of the UN 50thInternational Women's Day on March 8, shows that in 2024 nearly a quarter of governments worldwide reported abacklash on women's rights.

Despite important progress, only 87 countries have ever been led by a woman, and a woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by a partner or member of her own family. Digital technology and artificial intelligence spread harmful stereotypes, while the digital gender gap limits women's opportunities.
In the past decade, the world registered a disturbing 50 percent increase in the number of women and girls living in conflict, and women's rights defenders confront daily harassment, personal attacks and even death. Recent global crises-like COVID-19, the climate emergency, soaring food and fuel prices-are only increasing the urgency to respond.

"When women and girls can rise, we all thrive. Yet, globally, women's human rights are under attack. Instead of mainstreaming equal rights, we're seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny. Together, we must stand firm in making human rights, equality and empowerment a reality for all women and girls, for everyone, everywhere," said António Guterres, UN Secretary-General.

"UN Women is committed to ensuring that ALL Women and Girls, everywhere, can fully enjoy their rights and freedoms" affirmed UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous. "Complex challenges stand in the way of gender equality and women's empowerment, but we remain steadfast, pushing forward with ambition and resolve. Women and girls are demanding change-and they deserve nothing less."

2025 marks 30 years of progress since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most visionary roadmap on women's rights. The "Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing" report, which draws on feedback provided by 159 Governments to the United Nations Secretary-General, shows progress that must be acknowledged - since 1995, parity has been achieved in girls' education and maternal mortality has dropped by a third. Women's representation in parliaments more than doubled, and countries continue to remove discriminatory laws, with 1,531 legal reforms between 1995 and 2024 in 189 countries and territories. It demonstrates that when women's rights are fully upheld in their countries, families, communities, and economies flourish.


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