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In Focus: Women, Peace, Power

In October, the UN Security Council marked two decades since its adoption of the landmark resolution 1325, which for the first time enshrined the essential role of women in securing and maintaining peace. Yet today, as 2 billion people across the world struggle to survive in areas afflicted by armed conflict in the midst of a global pandemic, women continue to be largely excluded from formal peace processes and post-conflict power structures. 

Read more: Press releaseIn Focus | UN Secretary-General's Report | Executive Director Statement | Goodwill Ambassador Statement | Webcast | Social media package

Related links: Generation Equality Forum: The Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact

Explore the issue
TIMELINE Beakthroughs and setbacks in the road to peace and justice
STORIES Women peace activists around the world
VIDEO Let's transform peace for all
DATA DIVE  Infographic | Women peace builders need support

SAVE THE DATE

UPCOMING: UN official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2020, 10-11:30 AM EST
GET READY: Announcing the International Women's Day theme, 8 March 2021: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

IN THE NEWS HEADLINES

ABC News: UN: After 20 years, no equality for women in peace talks

Interview with UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
CEO Magazine: The true impact of COVID-19 on women in the workplace

Interview with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia
OSCE: Third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference urges more systematic implementation of gender equality commitments across three dimensions of security

Interview with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér

FROM THE FRONT LINE 

For the latest updates on COVID-19 and gender equality, visit UN Women's dedicated In Focus pages:  
Global | Africa | Americas & the Caribbean | Arab States | Asia & the Pacific | Europe & Central Asia  
REFUGEES A refugee woman among COVID-19 frontline responders 
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY Survey shows COVID-19 impacts on gender inequality in Albania 
SUSTAINABILITY Vulnerable to risks, vital to recovery: the reason why FAO and UN Women are investing in rural women to achieve sustainable development in Africa 
FOOD SECURITY Mujeres indígenas de Perú garantizan alimento para sus familias con el apoyo de ONU Mujeres y CHIRAPAQ 

BEIRUT UPDATE

Two months on, Beirut’s elderly women are still reeling from the blast
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PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES

RESPECT Women: Preventing violence against women – Implementation package
Realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources (second edition)

FAIRY TALES REIMAGINED

Updated fairy tales promote gender equality in Vietnamese children’s books
New initiative will reimagine fairy tales to promote gender equality 

SOME GOOD NEWS 

UN Women joins Centre for Sport and Human Rights to champion women and girls’ participation in sport


UN Women has joined the Advisory Council of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, with the aim of mobilizing the sports world to implement the visionary Beijing Platform for Action. Read more »

Related: Remarks by UN Women Executive Director
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