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| Women
In 2025, the world celebrates 30 years of achievement on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary 1995 plan agreed by 189 governments to achieve the equal rights of all women and girls.
The UN Secretary-General’s report on the…
| Women
Equal rights. Equal opportunities. Equal power.
On International Women’s Day (8 March), that is the bold call for action for all women and girls worldwide. As we mark the 30th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the…
| Youth
From rising tides threatening coastal communities, to the urgent need for global energy transition, climate change is no distant crisis – it is a present reality.
For young climate advocates like Fatou Jeng from The Gambia and Beniamin Strzelecki…
| Innovation & Technology
Third United Nations Ocean Conference set to accelerate urgent action for the sustainable use and conservation of the ocean.
New York, 6 March 2025 – Heads of Government and State together with leaders from intergovernmental organizations, the…
| Women
CSW69 / Beijing+30 (2025)
In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission…
| Women
These are the key events of interest to the media for International Women's Day 2025.
6 March, Report Launch: Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing
What: Launch of the Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing report…
| Innovation & Technology
However, even though Mr. Sivanzire and his students are not yet able to make use of AI in their classes, they are seeing it being used in the wider culture, often in a negative way, to manipulate public opinion.
The teacher underlines the…
| Cooperatives
The International Year of Cooperatives 2025 (IYC 2025) celebrations for Asia and the Pacific region and Japan officially kicked off on 19 February 2025 at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The hybrid launch event was co-hosted by the Japan…
| Women
Gender inequality is the greatest challenge of our times. Gender equality is the greatest opportunity.
The 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action is an unmissable chance to remind global leaders and activists that our shared…
| Women
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Robie Halip, an Indigenous leader, talks about the leadership of Indigenous Peoples, including Indigenous women and…
| Youth
The CSocD63 side event No Time to Waste: The Urgent Need to Build Inclusive Social Protection for Children in Vulnerable Situations, hosted by the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, highlighted the importance of early childhood…
| Social Inclusion
On February 12, the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) hosted a webinar titled Advancing the Copenhagen Declaration Commitments through Age and Disability Inclusive Social Protection at…