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Get Into Rugby PLUS

Through the Get into Rugby PLUS training, the coaches learn to focus on human rights, challenge gender stereotypes, prevent violence against women and girls, and integrate life skills and rugby skills activities... Learn more

Bhagwati Bhattarai-Baral holds the winning trophy. Photo: CAB Nepal

We won the First International Women’s Blind Cricket Series

Bhattarai-Baral and her teammates have overcome many challenges to prove that women with disabilities can be competitive professional athletes... Learn more

Judge Albertina Ho in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 12, 2018. Photo: UN Women/Radhiska Anggiana

Good regulations alone are not enough if law enforcers cannot do their work without bias

Justice Albertina Ho serves as a judge for the High Court of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia says... Learn more

Almira Maricor, 49, is a mother and entrepreneur from Orandang community in the Bangsamoro area of the southern Philippines. Photo: UN Women/Josier Dumbrique

“Thanks to the women’s determination, we brought peace to the community”

Almira Maricor, 49, is a mother and entrepreneur from Orandang community in the southern Philippines. Almira, along with other women had the courage to mobilize the local government and successfully reduce conflict... Learn more

Padma Chaudhary, a 38-year-old. Photo: UN Women/Merit Maharjan

Taking the wheels of her destiny on the roads of western Nepal

Padma Chaudhary, a 38-year-old mother of two, leaves early in the morning from her home in the village of Phulwari to her e-rickshaw stall almost 20 km away, in Dhangadhi bazaar... Learn 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

Hong Kong "Ring the Bell" event highlights business case for gender equality

Hong Kong’s main stock exchange and many businesses have demonstrated support for efforts to give women more opportunities and leadership in the private sector... More
#MyRedLine

Farahnaz Forotan, in partnership with UN Women Afghanistan launched “#MyRedLine” - an online campaign cataloguing where Afghan’s stand on women’s rights and peace, harnessing the voices of Afghan women and men on what matters most to them... More
Mobile Service Delivery to ‘REACH’ people in remote communities in Samoa

More Samoan citizens living outside of urban communities will soon have better access to government, legal and women’s services through a new mobile service delivery initiative launched... More
Partners unite to use faith to prevent violence against women and girls

Faith-based activities in Fijian communities are expected to contribute to preventing violence against women and girls as part of House of Sarah’s new Preventing Violence Against Women in Fiji’s Faith Settings (PVAWFFS) initiative... More
In Focus: International Women’s Day 2019: Think equal, build smart, innovate for change

The theme for International Women’s Day 2019, which will take place on 8 March, is “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”. The theme will focus on innovative ways in which we can advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure... More
Regional stakeholders say a holistic and gender-responsive approach to social protection is needed

Gender inequalities remain profound and entrenched across Asia and the Pacific, despite recent rapid economic progress. Women’s inequitable access to health, education and other basic social services starts young and has a life-long, cumulative impact on their social and economic opportunities... More
Advocates convene to promote women’s right to a nationality in Myanmar

Almost a third of the population of Myanmar does not have an identity document – more than half of those are women. Myanmar is home to one of the largest populations of stateless persons in the world, and inter-generational discrimination in accessing basic services and protection due to their lack of official identity documents is a huge problem affecting many... More

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Regional Director, Mohammad Naciri

Mohammad NACIRI has been recently appointed as the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific. From 2015 to 2018, he was the Regional Director of UN Women in the Arab States. From 2012 to 2015, Mohammad Naciri was the Deputy Regional Director for UN Women in the Arab States. Mohammad has extensive experience in the region and in gender and development issues. Read more

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UN Women Asia and the Pacific Annual Report 2017-2018

Without gender equality, our collective ambition for sustainable development will falter, not just for women, but for everyone. At UN Women, we support and create spaces for women and men around the region who are determined to realize a different future– one where all women, without exception, are able to realize their rights and full potential, freed from the constraints of discrimination. Together, we are on the move to make that vision a reality... Read more

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This #WomensDay, we’re innovating for change

What does it mean to innovate? From mobile banking to artificial intelligence and the internet of things, it is vital that women’s ideas and experiences equally influence the design and implementation of the innovations that shape our future societies.