In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world, ...

On 15 September 2025, UN Women and UN DESA will launch the Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2025, the latest edition in an annual series. Covering all 17 Sustainable ...

It’s unusual, but not impossible, to come across a female plumber or motor mechanic. Although the gender of medical students in the USA and UK is about equal, about 35% of all practicing doctors are ...

Trying to answer this question for myself, I came across a list of what UN Women has identified as the “Top Ten Gender Equality Accelerators.” UN Women is the entity created in 2010 by the United ...

Corporate sustainability goes far beyond carbon emissions and water efficiency. Workplace gender equality is quickly catching up to science-based targets and circular design in terms of the elements ...

The annual conference, convened by Women Radio, brought together government officials, development partners, traditional ...

It will take an estimated 131 years for the world to achieve gender parity, defined as equal access, opportunities and outcomes for women and men across economic, political, educational and health ...

Gender equality is a crucial component of peace, human rights and development. But what is gender equality? Is gender equality just a 'women's issue' or should it concern and engage men as well as ...

From 18th place among 115 countries in 2006 to 130th among 148 countries this year Sri Lanka has recorded a major regression ...

Gender equality is not a numerical state. We need to learn to be comfortable with the fact that most plumbers are male, and most nurses are female – with one major proviso: that anyone, irrespective ...