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Women leaders galvanize for UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign
At a high-level event during the 74th UN General Assembly, UN Women and the Council of Women World Leaders came together to lend their voices and power to the Generation Equality campaign.
UN Women’s campaign aims to accelerate gender equality actions and mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most visionary agenda for women’s rights and empowerment everywhere.
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Gender Equality: from the Biarritz Partnership to the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum
At this side-event, leaders and gender equality advocates took stock of the gender equality outcomes of the Biarritz summit and the work of the Gender Equality Advisory Council, and officially introduced the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico in May 2020 and in Paris in July 2020 to the international community.
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From G7 to Generation Equality, partners galvanize for gender equality actions
At the 74th UN General Assembly, leaders and gender equality advocates from around the world came together to look ahead to the Generation Equality Forum in 2020 and to take stock of the gender equality outcomes of the G7 Biarritz Summit.
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UN Women announces Beijing+25 Youth Task Force
The year 2020 will mark several important milestones for gender equality and sustainable development, including the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, one of the most comprehensive blueprints for women’s rights worldwide.
UN Women is determined to make sure that young people are in the driving seat of these galvanizing moments and contribute to all stages of the global review process and the generation equality campaign.
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UN Women celebrates Young Gender Equality Activists Leading Local, Global, and Systematic Impact
Image: A collage of National Gender Youth Activists
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Generation Equality Forum hands down mural in the heart of Mexico City
Mexico City, April 24, 2021 - Mexican artist Adry del Rocío painted the mural “Flying in Sorority” curated and produced by Street Art for Mankind (SAM) as part of the Generation Equality Forum closing ceremony. The piece, which aims to recognize Mexico’s feminist movements in all their diversity from a historical perspective, and call for action towards gender equality, is inspired by the aspirations of youth and will be Generation Equality’s legacy in the first city to host this international Forum.