Highlights
Act for Equal
#ActforEqual is a new campaign to drive attention, excitement and action towards the upcoming Generation Equality Forum. Through the campaign you can show your support, take action for gender equality and help propel major commitments to the Action Coalition Goals. We can’t wait any longer for gender equality. It’s time to #ActforEqual. More
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Generation Equality Rising
Every day, through our actions, and in the way we lead, talk, question and act, we challenge norms, transform habits, change laws, take action and inspire others to create a world without gender-based discrimination. We are Generation Equality rising. More
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In Focus: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health issue. It is a profound shock to our societies and economies, and women are at the heart of care and response efforts underway. UN Women is bringing up-to-date information and analysis on how and why gender matters in COVID-19 response. More
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Take action: 10 ways you can help end violence against women, even during a pandemic
In 2020, COVID-19 touched our lives in nearly every way, everywhere, as countries went into lockdown and restricted movement to contain the spread of the virus. As doors closed and isolation began, reports of all forms of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, began to rise. Ending violence against women is everyone’s business. Here are just ten ways you can make a difference. More
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Infographic: The shadow pandemic - violence against women and girls and COVID-19
In times of crisis, violence against women and girls is likely to increase as security, health, and money worries heighten tensions and strains are accentuated by cramped and confined living conditions. More
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Generation Equality
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women is launching a new campaign, “Generation Equality—Realizing women’s rights and an equal future”. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women and girls, health-care services that respond to their needs, and their equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life. More
Latest news
- “My body is my own” – UN Women and UNFPA launch art initiative with youth in Albania to promote bodily autonomy
- Eco-experience rises from the COVID-19 ashes in Albania
- I am Generation Equality: Aliénor Béjannin, UN Youth Volunteer serving at UN Women Albania
- “Women and Men 2021”– an overview of gender developments in Albania
- Young people in Albania become agents of change for ending violence against women and girls
Featured publications
Secretary-General appoints Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan as Executive Director of UN Women
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan as Executive Director of UN Women. More
Featured video
Changing gender roles in Albania
Actors, journalists, comedians and bloggers in Albania used irony to raise awareness and put a spotlight on issues women and girls face every day such as discrimination, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, unpaid work, gender stereotypes and more.
UN Agencies in Albania strongly condemn the criminal offence and stand by all survivors of sexual violence
