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In the words of Yana Panfilova: “You can talk about HIV a lot, but a personal example is what can really change people’s attitude”
Statement by UN Women on World AIDS Day, 1 December
Changing mindsets and improving police response in Solomon Islands to combat violence against women
Press release: UN Women announces United Nations Police Adviser Luís Carrilho as HeForShe Advocate for gender equality
Message from the Secretary-General for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Official Commemoration in New York

In the words of Yana Panfilova: “You can talk about HIV a lot, but a personal example is what can really change people’s attitude”

Nov 29, 2019 12:17 pm

Yana Panfilova, 22, is a Ukrainian HIV positive activist and co-founder as well as chairwoman of Teenergizer, an organization that supports and advocates for the rights of HIV positive youth in Europe and Central Asia (Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia). She was also nominated as a heroine for UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign in Ukraine.

Statement by UN Women on World AIDS Day, 1 December

Nov 27, 2019 12:56 pm

The contribution of women and girls, particularly those living with HIV, is indispensable in the HIV response at the community level. Women and girls provide critical care for family and community members living with HIV, and help ensure they start and stay on treatment.

Changing mindsets and improving police response in Solomon Islands to combat violence against women

Nov 27, 2019 12:01 pm

The SAFENET approach ensures that all front-line service-providers—from police to hospital and crisis centre staff—coordinate with one another to provide the best possible survivor-centred response and ongoing support to gender-based violence survivors, in a timely way

Press release: UN Women announces United Nations Police Adviser Luís Carrilho as HeForShe Advocate for gender equality

Nov 25, 2019 06:07 pm

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and inaugural day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, UN Women announced Luís Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser in the Department of Peace Operations, as its newest HeForShe Advocate supporting the movement for gender equality.

Message from the Secretary-General for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Nov 25, 2019 05:48 pm

The United Nations is committed to ending all forms of violence against women and girls. These abuses are among the world’s most horrific, persistent and widespread human rights violations, affecting one in every three women in the world.

Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Official Commemoration in New York

Nov 25, 2019 05:30 pm

In her remarks on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka calls on everyone to make sure that we do not turn our backs on the millions of women and girls whose lives have been forever changed by rape and gender-based violence.

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