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“55 Stories of Change” Launched at CSW68

At this year’s CSW68, the climate crisis was front and center – from its disproportionate impact on women and girls to, more encouragingly, what gender-equal solutions can look like, and how women and girls are leading change.

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Partners in Advocacy: Youth Engagement at CSW68

In 2024, a year marked by significant milestones, the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) gathers amidst global changes. With an array of nations on the cusp of vital elections, discussions on poverty and inequality—CSW's central themes—gain critical momentum, central as they are to electoral agendas across the world.

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Investing in Women – A Just, Green Transition

This year’s International Women’s Day is a crucial opportunity to invest in women – to spark change and speed the transition towards a healthier, safer and more equal world for all. 

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Pushing forward and strengthening the global fight to end FGM

Today, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), we the leaders and commitment makers to the Generation Equality Action Coalitions on Gender-Based Violence and Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) take a strong stance against FGM, an ongoing human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence.

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NEW ADVOCACY PAPER: ADDRESSING GAPS TO PREVENT AND ELIMINATE TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED (TF) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

Gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls in digital contexts is not a new phenomenon – but it has rapidly escalated in the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic as women’s lives shifted online for work, education, access to services and social activities. Studies reveal a global prevalence of online and TF-GBV ranging from 16 to 58 percent, emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive interventions.

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Six New Generation Equality Case Studies Show Progress, Impact and the Road Ahead

“The Accountability Report is a tool by which Generation Equality’s stakeholders are enthusiastically held to account for the commitments they have made.” UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous.

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COP28 Message to World Leaders from Women of the World

These statements were made during COP28 by Commitment Makers from the Generation Equality Feminist Action for Climate Justice (FACJ) Action Coalition.