UN Women

📢 COMING SOON: #16Days of activism against gender-based violence starts on 25 November.  This 16 Days, we are here to remind you that there is #NoExcuse for gender-based violence.  Not now. Not ever. 🤝 We must UNITE to end violence against women. Will you join us? Learn more about this year's campaign: https://lnkd.in/eu-S8jzY

😔 Food insecurity is still a real issue in 2024. 48 million more women globally face food insecurity and hunger than men. This disparity tends to be caused by gender norms and women’s limited access to resources. 👉 Check the latest #GenderData in the 2024 Gender Snapshot report: https://lnkd.in/egjr9--i #GlobalGoals

🌍 In every corner of the planet, women are protecting our land and biodiversity. At #COP16 and every day, let's put women at the center of environmental solutions to build a more sustainable future for all. 🌱 Read more: https://lnkd.in/ePdhHYDC

🤔Will #AI take our jobs? 3.7% of jobs held by women are likely to be replaced by artificial Intelligence, compared to 1.4% of jobs held by men. 👉Read about the gendered impact of AI in our Gender Snapshot Report: https://lnkd.in/ebpgiVNZ #GenderData #GlobalGoals

Care is the backbone of life. Yet, women provide most of the unpaid and under-paid care work. On #DayOfCare, let us balance the scales by ✅Making unpaid care work a shared responsibility ✅Ensuring paid care jobs are decent jobs Learn how: https://lnkd.in/epEB_ytj

#DayOfCare FACT: Globally, women spend over 2.5 times more hours per day on unpaid care work than men. The unequal division of unpaid care and domestic work leads to women’s: ❌Unequal participation in the economy and society ❌Career interruptions and part-time employment ❌Income gaps and income inequalities ❌Disruption of the school-to-work transition ❌Mental health problems Unpaid care and domestic work👏 should be 👏 a shared 👏 responsibility👏. Are you with us? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ehHFyVxb

Informal employment. Unpaid domestic work. Motherhood penalty. Restrictive gender roles. Discriminatory hiring practices. Sexist promoting decisions. The patriarchy. The gender pay gap is rooted in systemic inequalities. It's high time for #EqualPay! Are you with us?

Women in conflict broker peace, end violence—yet are sidelined in negotiations. It’s time we place them at the heart of peacebuilding. Our Executive Director at the United Nations Security Council's annual Open Debate on #WomenPeaceSecurity. Read her remarks: https://lnkd.in/dSbUNB4C

🥺At the current rate child marriage will not be eradicated until 2092. We must #EndChildMarriage now - it's a violation of human rights. 👉 Learn more in the 2024 Gender Snapshot report from UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: https://lnkd.in/d-icJd5v #GenderData #SDG5 #GlobalGoals

Men and boys have much to gain from a world that has greater #GenderEquality. This is because patriarchal social norms can: ❌Harm men’s physical and emotional wellbeing ❌Fuel gender wage gaps, violence against women and more. Men and boys can push for gender equality by: ✅Challenging harmful narratives that promote dominance and control over women. ✅Taking active roles in domestic labour and caregiving. ✅Embracing vulnerability in their emotional lives. Our explainer: https://lnkd.in/dPF9pN-V