UN Women is the United Nations entity focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment. Significantly, the UN General Assembly created UN Women in July 2010. This happened as part of the UN reform agenda, specifically aiming to speed up progress on women’s rights worldwide. It combines resources and duties for greater impact. Indeed, the organization builds on the important work of four previous UN bodies. These groups focused solely on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
As a global champion for women and girls, UN Women actively works to:
End discrimination against women and girls.
Empower women in all areas of life.
Achieve equality between women and men. We view them as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security.
UN Women supports UN Member States. They set global standards for achieving gender equality. Subsequently, UN Women works with governments, civil society, and UN system partners. Together, they design and implement laws, programs, and services. This, consequently, ensures these standards truly benefit women and girls worldwide. Moreover, the organization advocates for women’s equal participation in all areas. This includes political leadership, economic empowerment, and peace and security processes. A key focus area, furthermore, is ending violence against women, which remains a widespread human rights violation globally.
By collaborating with various stakeholders at global, regional, and local levels, UN Women strives to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for all women and girls. Ultimately, therefore, it fosters thriving societies where every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential.
