Highlights
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
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SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Achieving gender equality and sustainable development by 2030 will require stepping up efforts at all fronts. UN Women works to empower women and girls through all of its programmes and advocacy. More
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An Interactive Learning Portal for Parliamentarians. This portal is a joint-initiative of ParlAmericas and the UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean. It is designed for self-guided learning and includes resources for in-person trainings. ParlAmericas gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Government of Canada used in developing this portal. The downloadable tools on this portal were developed by the UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean More
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Latest news
- Sexual Harassment affects both women and men and can incur significant social and economic costs in the Jamaican Workplace
- Generation Equality stands against Rape!
- Statement by UN Women on World AIDS Day, 1 December
- UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean Representative M. Alison McLean statement re: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – 25 November
End rape—an intolerable cost to society
In her message for International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says: "If I could have one wish granted, it might well be a total end to rape". More
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Step It Up – End Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean
This documentary presents UN Women strategies incorporating community-led intervention and advocacy efforts aimed at building a critical mass of individuals and groups engaged in activism against gender-based violence.